A Dawson City man who believes officials within the justice system conspired against him was convicted of break and enter Friday.

Darren Rutley, 45, was found guilty in Yukon territorial court after he represented himself during a trial.

According to the decision by Yukon territorial court judge Karen Ruddy, on Aug. 2, 2011, Rutley entered the home of his former girlfriend, Angela Rear, without permission.

When he was unable to wake up Rear, who had gone to sleep in her locked upstairs bedroom, Rutley came back downstairs and found Patrick McCormick, who had been sleeping on the couch.

According to the judge, McCormick, a long-time friend of Rear, asked Rutley what he was doing there.

"Mr. McCormick says that Mr. Rutley then grabbed him by the neck with both hands, lifted him off the couch, then began to punch him wildly. At some point, Mr. McCormick blacked out,” Ruddy said.

"When he came to, he made his way to the kitchen to get a cloth. He blacked out again, falling to the kitchen floor.

"When he came to a second time, he crawled back to the couch, where he remained until help was summoned the following morning.”

McCormick required surgery on a broken arm and lost three teeth.

The judge called the trial's history "lengthy and convoluted.”

"The predominate theme of Mr. Rutley's numerous applications, affidavits and representations is his deeply rooted belief that he has been the victim of an elaborate conspiracy,” the judge said.

"He asserts that evidence has been fabricated and that the RCMP, the Crown, the witnesses, his former defence counsel, legal aid, Total Reporting and even myself, have colluded for the sole purpose of ensuring his conviction.”

Among his many accusations, Rutley believes Total Reporting, the company that completes transcripts of court proceedings, doctored the documents.

He also claims McCormick was reading a statement prepared for him by the RCMP when he gave his second recorded statement to the police.

The judge found no evidence of this.

"While it is evident that Mr. Rutley's belief is sincere and unassailable, even in the face of basic common sense, the evidence simply does not, in any way, support his contention,” Ruddy said.

Rutley has said he plans to appeal the conviction.

Before any appeal can move forward, Rutley needs to be sentenced. He is next scheduled to appear in court on Feb. 14.