Bruce Olmsted

The Registrar issued a Notice of Proposal to suspend the respondent's liquor licence for alleged violations of the Liquor Licence Act regulations.

The parties submitted an Agreed Statement of Facts admitting that patrons openly smoked marijuana in the licensed premises and a patron threw a beer bottle at a police officer from an unsupervised patio.

The tribunal accepted the Joint Submission on Disposition, ordering a 14-day suspension of the liquor licence and adding a condition that all beverages on the patio be served in soft plastic or paper cups.

The appellant appealed a four-year sentence imposed for his involvement in a large-scale marijuana operation.

The Court of Appeal found no error in principle or misapprehension of evidence by the sentencing judge, noting it was open to infer the appellant was a trusted member of the organization.

The court concluded the sentence was fit and within the acceptable range, dismissing the appeal.