Brenda Lynne Cowie

The Crown sought a dangerous offender designation for the defendant following his conviction on four offences: assault with a weapon (predicate offence), uttering death threats, mischief under $5,000, and breach of probation.

The defendant had a 15-year history of violent outbursts, including three serious knife assaults on family members.

The court found the defendant met all criteria for dangerous offender designation based on a pattern of repetitive violent behaviour and persistent aggressive behaviour showing substantial indifference to consequences.

The court imposed an indeterminate sentence, finding that no lesser measure would adequately protect the public.

The Crown sought a dangerous offender designation and an indeterminate sentence for the defendant, Jason Perrault, following his guilty pleas to multiple offences including assault with a weapon, which involved intimate partner violence.

The court found that Perrault met the criteria for a dangerous offender designation due to a pattern of repetitive violent behaviour and a likelihood of causing severe psychological damage.

However, based on expert psychiatric evidence and the defendant's expressed commitment to change, the court determined that a determinate sentence of 10 years, with credit for pre-sentence custody, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order with strict conditions, would adequately protect the public, rather than an indeterminate sentence.