The offender was convicted of two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of using an imitation firearm to commit an indictable offence.
The offender was experiencing drug-induced psychosis at the time of the offences, having consumed marijuana despite a documented history of psychotic episodes triggered by cannabis use and multiple hospitalizations where medical professionals warned him of the dangers.
The offender absconded before sentencing.
The court imposed a two-year custodial sentence (one year concurrent on assault charges, one year consecutive on the firearm charge) plus two years probation, finding the offender's moral culpability to be extremely high given his awareness of the risks and prior violent incidents while intoxicated.
