Elizabeth Jackson

The accused brought a pre-trial Charter application seeking to exclude a loaded firearm, ammunition, and cocaine found during a pat-down search.

The police had detained the accused while investigating a 911 call after he walked into the backyard of the subject property.

The court found the investigative detention and subsequent search for officer safety were lawful, meaning no breaches of ss. 8 or 9 occurred.

However, the police breached ss. 10(a) and 10(b) by failing to fully advise the accused of the reasons for his detention and the informational component of his right to counsel.

Applying the Grant framework under s. 24(2), the court concluded the evidence should be admitted.

The offender was sentenced for his participation in the G20 riots in Toronto, where he masked his face and engaged in a continuous pattern of vandalism, including attacking a marked police cruiser with a vulnerable officer inside.

The court emphasized general deterrence and denunciation, rejecting a conditional sentence.

The offender was sentenced to 10 months' incarceration, followed by two years of probation with conditions restricting his conduct at future protests.

The offender was sentenced following guilty pleas to certain charges and convictions after trial for offences arising from participation in the G20 demonstration in Toronto on June 26-27, 2010.

The offender engaged in a deliberate and extended pattern of property destruction, including attacking a marked police cruiser containing a uniformed officer, damaging a CBC media van, striking another police vehicle, and throwing an object at a business.

The offender was masked during most of the offences.

The court imposed a sentence of ten months incarceration, emphasizing general deterrence and denunciation as paramount sentencing principles, along with a weapons prohibition order, DNA order, and probation conditions.