Alison MacPherson

The offender pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm with intent and possessing a firearm while prohibited, offences carrying a five-year mandatory minimum sentence.

The Crown and defence jointly submitted a five-year global sentence but disagreed on the allocation of pre-sentence custody.

The court held that enhanced credit for harsh pre-sentence custody conditions (Duncan credit), including frequent lockdowns and the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Black inmates, can be applied even when a mandatory minimum sentence is imposed.

The court credited the offender with standard 1.5:1 Summers credit plus an additional six months for harsh conditions, resulting in a remaining sentence of two years less a day to be served in a provincial reformatory.

The offender pleaded guilty to eight counts of aggravated assault after injecting silicone into the buttocks of multiple victims while falsely advertising the procedure as PMMA injections.

The unauthorized procedures were performed in non-medical settings and caused severe infections, disfigurement, and life-threatening complications for the victims.

The court sentenced the offender to 8 years' imprisonment, less 33 months of enhanced credit for pre-sentence custody, emphasizing denunciation and deterrence for preying on vulnerable victims for financial gain.