Brontë Mary Rose White Willitts

The court sentenced Kane Alexander Underhill for aggravated assault after a guilty plea.

The facts involved a violent, unprovoked two-on-one attack on a vulnerable, homeless victim, resulting in severe injuries.

The court considered the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, including Mr. Underhill’s Indigenous background, substance abuse, harsh pre-sentence custody, and prospects for rehabilitation.

The court imposed a seven-year sentence, less pre-sentence custody, and made ancillary orders including a lifetime weapons prohibition and DNA order.

The court sentenced Mwanza Serge Mutombo for aggravated assault after a guilty plea.

The facts involved a vicious, unprovoked attack on a vulnerable, homeless victim, resulting in severe injuries.

The court considered aggravating factors such as Mutombo’s significant criminal record, the use of a weapon, and the vulnerability of the victim, as well as mitigating factors including his guilty plea, disadvantaged background, and harsh pre-sentence custody conditions.

The court reviewed relevant case law and sentencing ranges, ultimately imposing a nine-year sentence, less pretrial custody credit, and making ancillary orders including a lifetime weapons prohibition and DNA order.

The offender, a racialized transgender woman, was sentenced after being found guilty of assault with a weapon, three counts of assault with intent to resist arrest against police officers, mischief, and breach of probation.

The court considered her difficult background, prior criminal record including a manslaughter conviction, and community work, but found no remorse.

The court emphasized denunciation and deterrence, particularly for assaults on police officers, and determined that a conditional sentence was inappropriate given the serious nature of the offences and the offender's record.

A total sentence of 12 months and 15 days' incarceration was imposed, followed by two years' probation, a 10-year weapons prohibition, and a DNA order.