The offender was sentenced after a jury convicted him of multiple firearm and drug offences, including possession of restricted and prohibited handguns with ammunition, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of heroin, and possession of proceeds of crime.
The offender committed the offences while subject to multiple lifetime firearm prohibition orders and while on probation, and had an extensive prior record involving firearms and drug trafficking.
The court emphasized denunciation, deterrence, and public protection, noting the offender’s escalating pattern of reoffending and mid‑level cocaine trafficking involving over one kilogram of drugs.
Applying the totality principle, the court imposed a global sentence of ten and one‑half years’ imprisonment for firearms, trafficking, and related offences.
Enhanced credit of 1.5:1 was granted for pre‑sentence custody pursuant to the Supreme Court of Canada’s guidance in Summers.
