Halifax man sentenced to five years for armed robbery

Posted Nov 19, 2011 08:45:26 AM.

Last Updated Oct 15, 2017 08:42:24 AM.

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A Halifax man has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for robbing a man at gunpoint.

The crime happened last December in Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia.

Cody Alexander Muise was convicted of robbery, forcible confinement and breaching a weapons prohibition.

Court heard the victim was beaten by three males and had a gun put to his head.

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