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In the end, George Grebenchan’s big, violent criminal record couldn’t be ignored.

All the gun charges and the numerous orders not to have guns, ever, were enough to deny him bail Friday, after he made a pitch at a detention review this week.

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“There is a substantial likelihood that the accused will, if released from custody, commit further criminal offences and the public must be protected,” Superior Court Justice Kelly Gorman said in her decision to keep Grebenchan in custody.

No publication ban was requested for the bail hearing.

Grebenchan was arrested Sept. 28, three weeks after shots were fired outside an Elm Street boarding house.

At a hearing Thursday, Gorman heard that on Sept. 6, Grebenchan pulled a sawed-off shotgun out of his pants and fired two shots after he was denied a place to stay at the residence. He threw a number of shotgun shells toward the house and left.

The gun was later found in a plastic bin at a neighbouring home.

Grebenchan was picked up at Horton and Wellington streets after he walked out in front of a police cruiser. He was intoxicated and made no sense when he answered officers’ questions.

He told police he was “security: and he had fired two shots in the air.”

Grebenchan was charged with 21 gun-related counts.