The Crown brought a dangerous offender application against the accused following his conviction for assault causing bodily harm and three counts of breaches of a section 810.2 recognizance.
The court heard psychiatric evidence from both the Crown's expert (Dr. Mark Pearce) and the defence expert (Dr. Jeffrey McMaster).
Both experts agreed the accused met the statutory criteria for dangerous offender designation, but disagreed on the appropriate sentencing option.
The court declared the accused a dangerous offender but imposed a determinate sentence of ten years custody with a ten-year long-term supervision order rather than an indeterminate sentence, based on evidence of significant behavioral improvement during pre-sentence custody and the reasonable possibility of eventual control of risk in the community.
