This criminal trial concerned Richard Jason Boswick, charged with uttering threats to cause bodily harm to Kevin Metcalf.
The alleged threat was made in a 2.5-minute segment of a 90-minute video posted online, where Boswick referred to shooting Metcalf with a rubber-coated marble.
Boswick argued his comments were not directed at Metcalf but a general group, were hypothetical, or were political banter, and raised a self-defence claim.
The court found that the words objectively constituted a threat directed at Metcalf (or a group including him), that conditional threats are still threats, and that intoxication did not diminish their significance.
The self-defence claim was rejected as there was no reasonable ground for belief of imminent force from Metcalf.
The court found the Crown proved the charge beyond a reasonable doubt and registered a conviction.