The man accused in a high-profile killing of his estranged wife has been sentenced in a separate case of choking and uttering threats in Kelowna, B.C.

Provincial court Judge David Ruse sentenced James Plover to one year in jail on the choking charge and six months on each of the threat charges, which will all be served at the same time.

The identity of the victims in the case are covered by a publication ban.

Accounting for time awaiting trial, Plover will serve about five months on the charges, but he will remain in custody ahead of his first-degree murder trial in the killing of Bailey McCourt.

Plover was convicted of choking someone and uttering the threats on July 4, and was then freed on $500 bail just hours before he is alleged to have attacked and killed his estranged wife with

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