February 24, 2021 - 12:11 PM A sudden turn of events at the sentencing hearing of the man accused of delivering a single punch that left a Penticton man with a severe brain injury. Thomas Kruger-Allen, 22, has pleaded guilty to two counts of assault and one count of aggravated assault in the May 3, 2019 incident at Penticton s Okanagan Lake Beach that resulted in massive head injuries to victim Brad Elliason. Eliason sustained life-changing injuries from a single punch to the jaw, delivered by Kruger-Allen after an altercation with two women at a beach party. Defence lawyer James Pennington said there was a Charter of Rights breach during Kruger-Allen’s arrest after beach assault. Pennington raised the issue late in the day yesterday, Feb. 23, and brought it up again this morning. Kruger-Allen, a Penticton Indian Band resident, was arrested in his fifth-wheel trailer the day after the assault.