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Youthful offender receives four years' imprisonment for party liability to manslaughter during property recovery.
The accused pleaded guilty to manslaughter for his role as a party in a fatal shooting that occurred during an attempt to recover stolen property.
The 19-year-old accused was not the shooter but participated in the physical altercation knowing an associate was armed.
The court sentenced the accused to four years' imprisonment (leaving two years to serve after pre-sentence credit) and a three-year probation term, emphasizing his youth, lack of criminal record, guilty plea, and rehabilitative potential.
The court granted enhanced pre-sentence custody credit despite bail breaches, rejecting contrary trial-level precedent.
The Ontario Court of Justice sentenced Dylan Victor McCormack-Woolacoot after he pled guilty to ten charges involving repeated low-level offences and assaults over an eighteen-month period, committed while breaching multiple court orders.
The key issue was the appropriate credit for pre-sentence custody, with the defence seeking enhanced Summers credit (1.5:1) and the Crown opposing based on a recent trial decision denying such credit due to reoffending while on bail.
The court rejected the Crown’s reliance on R. v. Jeyakanthan, finding it unpersuasive and inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent, and awarded 1.5:1 credit for all pre-sentence custody.
The global sentence imposed was 460 days, reflecting aggravating and mitigating factors, with probation and ancillary orders.
