Sentence appeal by an aboriginal offender who pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault committed several hours apart against different victims while in a continuous state of extreme intoxication.
The court held the sentencing judge failed to give sufficient weight to s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and to the systemic and background factors bearing on the offender's circumstances.
The court also found error in failing to consider the nexus between the offences and the resulting totality of consecutive sentences.
Leave to appeal sentence was granted, the appeal was allowed, and the assault sentence was made concurrent.
