Lorne Ellison

The accused was charged with three counts of robbery for allegedly acting as the getaway driver for her boyfriend, who robbed three victims at bus shelters over the course of one evening.

The Crown relied on circumstantial evidence, including cell tower data showing the accused's phone moving in tandem with the principal offender's phone, and a victim recording the licence plate of the accused's van.

The court found the principal offender committed all three robberies.

The court acquitted the accused on the first count, finding a reasonable doubt as to whether she knew a robbery was about to occur.

However, the court convicted the accused on the second and third counts, concluding she knew of the principal's intentions by that point and intended to aid him by acting as the getaway driver.

The accused was tried for his alleged role as the second assailant in an armed robbery of a diamond importer following a failed fake bank draft scheme.

The court rejected defence evidence from criminally involved witnesses as contrived, treated the complainant's in-court and lineup identification with significant caution, and found that eyewitness evidence alone could not support conviction.

Applying the W.(D.) framework, Vetrovec caution, and the circumstantial evidence standard, the court relied on corroborated accomplice evidence, security footage, text messages, and cell tower location evidence.

The court concluded that the accused's participation in the robbery was the only reasonable inference and entered convictions on all counts.