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An Edmonton construction worker who kidnapped his boss for owed wages and then partied with him for hours at a strip club was given a three-year sentence Wednesday.

Corey Eugene Galandy, 30, pleaded guilty to numerous charges in provincial court after admitting to the bizarre, drunken abduction of Dec. 11, 2012.

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That evening, Galandy met his boss Daniel Gillespie in a 7-Eleven parking lot to get paid the $50 he was owed. After Gillespie paid him, the drunk Galandy demanded they drive to a co-worker’s house on 128th Street. It isn’t known if Galandy realized at the time that Gillespie also lived at that house.

The men drove to the home and Galandy’s girlfriend and infant child met them there.

“The couple threatened him and demanded Mr. Gillespie hand over his cellphone,” Crown prosecutor Kevin Komosky told court. Galandy demanded several thousand dollars he claimed Gillespie owed another co-worker, then punched him four times in the head.

Later, Galandy head-butted Gillespie twice while forcing him to unload tools from his truck. When Gillespie attempted to escape, Galandy shoved him to the ground and punched him several more times.

Galandy then forced Gillespie from the home and to a bank machine to withdraw $400. At this point, Komosky told court, Galandy changed his mind and decided he wanted to party with his boss rather than extort money from him.