The Crown applied to designate the respondent as a Dangerous Offender following his conviction for aggravated assault, which involved stabbing a stranger multiple times.
The respondent, an Indigenous man with a history of severe childhood trauma, substance abuse, and a lengthy criminal record involving violence and breaches of court orders, conceded the designation criteria were met but sought a determinate sentence followed by a Long-Term Supervision Order.
The court found that the respondent posed a high risk to re-offend and that there was no reasonable expectation that a lesser sentence would adequately protect the public.
The respondent was designated a Dangerous Offender and sentenced to an indeterminate period of imprisonment.
