A judge has ordered an assessment of Mark Lange, for the purposes of a potential long-term or dangerous offender designation.

Lange, 39, was initially charged with aggravated assault in connection with an incident last summer, but entered a guilty plea last month to the lesser offence of assault causing bodily harm.

According to an agreed statement of facts read in territorial court this morning, Lange assaulted a man outside the Salvation Army in Whitehorse on June 6, 2014.

Crown prosecutor Leo Lane said Lange knocked the man down and kicked him in the head several times.

RCMP were called and the victim was transported to Whitehorse General Hospital. He had a concussion, a bloody nose, a swollen ear and blood in his ear cavity, Lane said.

This isn’t the first time the Crown has sought a special designation for Lange.

Back in 2012, after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role in the 2004 death of Carcross hotel owner Bob Olson, the Crown’s attempt to have Lange and his co-accused designated long-term offenders was unsuccessful.

A forensic psychiatrist deemed the status unnecessary, given that both Lange and Dean Boucher were at a low to moderate risk of reoffending.

A long-term offender designation may be given by a judge to someone convicted of a “serious personal injury offence” who is likely to re-offend, according to Public Safety Canada.

It can result in up to 10 years of supervision in the community after the offender is released from incarceration.

A dangerous offender designation, on the other hand, may be given to those who are “a threat to the life, safety or physical or mental well-being of the public,” leading to a possible indeterminate sentence.

This morning, Judge Donald Luther ordered Dr. Shabehram Lohrasbe – the same forensic psychiatrist who examined Lange three years ago – to assess the offender within 30 days.

Court heard that a B.C. doctor was also available to do this, but she doesn’t specialize in assessments for long-term or dangerous offender status.

Lange’s next court appearance is scheduled for March 20.