VICTORIA — A Nanaimo property caretaker who shot an intruder with rubber bullets typically used for animal control, seriously injuring the man, won’t spend any more time in jail.

Jeffrey Benvin pleaded guilty last month to aggravated assault and intentionally discharging a firearm while being reckless about the life of another person in connection with a shooting on New Year’s Day last year.

He will serve 5½ months in the community under an overnight curfew after spending over a year in jail since his arrest.

Benvin lived for free in an apartment on a property on 10th Street occupied by a waste-disposal company in exchange for acting as a caretaker for the property, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Douglas Thompson said in delivering his sentence.

On Jan. 1, 2024, Benvin checked his security

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