The Crown applied to have the offender designated a dangerous offender following his guilty plea to robbery.
The offender had a lengthy criminal record, a history of severe mental illness including schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder, and a pattern of committing robberies shortly after release from custody.
The court found that the offender met the statutory criteria for a dangerous offender based on both a pattern of repetitive behaviour and persistent aggressive behaviour.
Concluding that the offender was intractable and that no lesser measure would adequately protect the public, the court imposed an indeterminate penitentiary sentence.
