A 48-year-old Carmacks man will spend the next two years at a federal penitentiary after he pleaded guilty to a number of charges.

They include assault, aggravated assault, forcible entry, failing to comply with his recognizance, and resisting a peace officer.

Wilfred Charlie pleaded guilty to "a number of serious charges," says a written decision by territorial court Judge Heino Lilles.

Lilles sentenced Charlie to three years' probation following the two-year period of incarceration, as well as a 10-year firearms prohibition.

Noel Sinclair appeared as Crown counsel and Keith Parrkari represented the defence.

On April 14, 2007, Charlie committed an assault after entering the residence of a male relative and punching him "several times in the head." The relative called the RCMP, to whom he said "he didn't want Mr. Charlie charged."

Charlie left the residence but soon returned and "laid a serious beating on (his relative)," says the document.

Charlie punched the relative "in the head and face possibly up to 20 times, also grabbing him around the neck with one hand," the document continues.

The RCMP were again called, resulting in a foot pursuit as Charlie fled from the two officers.

Charlie was not arrested in relation to the incident until May 30, 2007.

The relative suffered from swelling under his left eye and an approximately eight-centimetre-long red mark on the right side of his neck following the assault.

Charlie was charged with two other offences last May 30 after he forcibly entered the residence of the same relative involved in the April 14 incident.

Charlie "kicked and punched" the relative repeatedly, causing him to lose consciousness.

Charlie then began to repeatedly "kick and punch" a woman with whom he was in an intimate relationship. Charlie was wearing cowboy boots at the time, according to the court document.

A second woman who was at the relative's residence tried to intervene and was struck in the face.

The RCMP were called and, following another foot pursuit, Charlie was caught and arrested.

Charlie's relative sustained bruises, swelling, a scraped right elbow, contusion to the left chest wall, and one cracked and one broken rib as a result of the assault. He was treated and released from Whitehorse General Hospital within a day.

Charlie's partner received an approximately 12-centimetre long, two-centimetre wide laceration to her forehead because of the assault, as well as several small cuts, scraping, and bruising.

During an hour-long medical procedure, she received multiple stitches to close the head wound.

Although Charlie was on a recognizance dated Nov. 14, 2007, which required him to have no contact with the female complainant, he was charged with another assault on Feb. 5, 2008.

The complainant was driving Charlie's vehicle while intoxicated, and drove the vehicle into a ditch in Carmacks.

When she telephoned Charlie from a nearby residence to tell him what had happened, Charlie arrived at the scene and began "kicking her as she lay curled on the floor of the closet" where she had tried to hide.

Charlie was arrested in relation to this incident and was also charged with failing to comply with the no-alcohol condition of his recognizance, as he was intoxicated at the time.

"These serious charges are aggravated by Mr. Charlie's related and lengthy criminal record," Lilles wrote in the decision.

Charlie's record includes 21 convictions between 1982 and 2002.

They include three for assault causing bodily harm, three major sexual assaults, three simple assaults, eight administration of justice and three drinking and driving convictions.

Charlie served time in a federal pentitentiary for the sexual assault convictions in 1988, reads the document.

Although Lilles acknowledged in the decision that Charlie's violent childhood, including abuse in a residential school, is "somewhat mitigating," he also wrote that "this unique aboriginal experience has been shared by many others in the Yukon.

"The justice system and society expect individuals like Mr. Charlie, now 48 years of age, to have sought professional help to overcome these difficult life experiences. He cannot continue to reoffend in a violent manner and rely on his aboriginal experience to excuse his conduct."

Lilles decided a federal pentitentiary would be a more suitable institution for Charlie due to the "dearth of programming to address Mr. Charlie's needs" at the Whitehorse Correctional Centre.