An Indigenous offender was sentenced for three counts of aggravated assault, breach of recognizance, and assault.
The offender stabbed three men without provocation while significantly intoxicated and in breach of a bail condition prohibiting weapon possession, and subsequently assaulted a nurse during detention processing.
The court applied Gladue principles, considering the offender's intergenerational trauma stemming from residential schools, post-traumatic stress disorder, and lack of prior criminal record.
The court imposed a sentence of time served (388 days on a 1.5-1 basis) plus three years of probation, rejecting the Crown's request for 4-6 years imprisonment and the defence request for 6 months time served.
