Larry Howard Ross

The accused pleaded guilty to trafficking in cocaine (55.29 grams) and failure to comply with a release order.

The Crown sought two years imprisonment while defence counsel sought six months less one day.

The court imposed a 12-month custodial sentence, considering the seriousness of cocaine trafficking, the offender's status as a mid-level trafficker motivated by financial gain, and significant mitigating factors including the offender's youth, genuine remorse, strong family support, reasonable prospects for rehabilitation, and social context evidence regarding systemic discrimination affecting the offender as a Black man.

The sentence was reduced from a proportionate 24 months due to the offender's existing significant penitentiary sentence and the mitigating circumstances presented.

I.P.W. was found guilty on two counts involving his stepdaughter, A.H.: touching a person under 16 for a sexual purpose (s. 151 CCC) and sexual assault (s. 271 CCC), occurring between 2010 and 2014 when A.H. was 10-14 years old.

The incidents included various forms of inappropriate touching.

The court considered I.P.W.'s personal circumstances, a psychological report assessing him as a low risk to reoffend (though he denied wrongdoing), and a victim impact statement from A.H. The Crown sought a sentence of 1 to 4 years, while the defence proposed 8 to 12 months.

Applying the Kienapple principle, the s. 151 CCC count was stayed, and I.P.W. was sentenced to 18 months in custody for sexual assault.