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Offender sentenced to 6 years for manslaughter of her mother, with mitigation for harsh pre-trial custody.
The offender was convicted by a jury of manslaughter for the death of her mother, who died from external neck compression following a physical altercation in their shared home.
The Crown sought a penitentiary sentence of 8 to 10 years, while the defence sought a conditional sentence.
The court weighed the profound breach of trust and violence of the offence against mitigating factors, including the offender's lack of a criminal record, genuine remorse, and unusually harsh pre-trial custody conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The court sentenced the offender to 6 years' incarceration, less enhanced credit for pre-sentence custody.
Consent access order for union organizing declared to continue in effect until certification applications determined.
The complainant building trade unions alleged a violation of a consent access order by the respondents.
The respondents argued the order was spent.
The Board found a bona fide justification for the unions' continued need for access to the property to persuade employees to join, particularly given a competing certification application by the Steelworkers.
The Board declined to read a temporal limitation into the access order and declared it continued in effect until a vote is held or the certification applications are determined.
