Bradley Burgess

The offender was convicted of possessing a loaded prohibited firearm, overcapacity magazines, and crack cocaine.

At sentencing, the defence introduced a social history report detailing the offender's experiences with systemic anti-Black racism, poverty, and trauma, including the murder of his brother.

The court accepted that these systemic factors and the offender's likely PTSD reduced his moral culpability.

However, emphasizing the paramount principles of denunciation and deterrence for firearms offences, the court declined to impose a conditional sentence.

The offender was sentenced to 24 months' incarceration, reduced by credit for pre-trial custody and strict house arrest bail, resulting in a net sentence of 10 months and 18 days.

The accused was convicted of manslaughter for the unprovoked stabbing death of his stepfather.

The accused suffers from severe schizophrenia and was likely in an acute psychotic state at the time of the offence.

The Crown sought an 8-year sentence, while the defence sought a sentence equivalent to 4 years and 3 months followed by probation.

The court weighed the gravity of the unprovoked attack against the mitigating factor of the accused's major mental illness.

The court sentenced the accused to 6 years' imprisonment, with credit for pre-trial custody, resulting in a further 33 months to serve, and recommended placement in a specific facility to ensure ongoing psychiatric treatment.