The Crown brought a Dangerous Offender application following the offender's convictions for multiple violent offences against his intimate partner, including assault causing bodily harm, choking, and forcible confinement.
The court reviewed the offender's extensive criminal record, which included 134 convictions, many involving violence against domestic partners and strangers.
Relying on psychiatric evidence and risk assessments indicating a very high risk of violent reoffending and intractable behaviour, the court found that the offender met the criteria for a Dangerous Offender designation under s. 753(1)(a) of the Criminal Code.
Concluding that a determinate sentence followed by a Long-Term Supervision Order would not adequately protect the public, the court imposed an indeterminate sentence.
