The offender was convicted by a jury of break and enter, robbery, unlawful confinement, and related offences arising from a daytime break-in at a private residence.
The court found the incident constituted a home invasion, as the perpetrators entered the occupied dwelling with stolen keys, wore masks, and unlawfully confined a teenage occupant while ransacking the house.
Weighing the offender's youth, lack of adult record, and lesser role against the severe psychological impact on the victim and the need for denunciation and deterrence, the court imposed a sentence of 4.5 years imprisonment.
