M.K. Fuerst

The offender, a youthful first offender, pleaded guilty to multiple counts of robbery, using an imitation firearm, and failing to comply with bail conditions arising from a series of planned carjackings of luxury vehicles.

The court weighed the significant aggravating factors, including the use of gratuitous violence, planning, and committing offences while on bail, against mitigating factors such as the offender's youth, guilty pleas, difficult upbringing, and harsh pre-sentence custody conditions.

The court imposed a global sentence of 7.5 years in custody, reduced to 4 years after applying credit for pre-sentence custody.

The offender pleaded guilty to robbery using a restricted firearm, reckless discharge of a firearm, and related weapons offences.

The offences involved targeted violence against a civil litigation lawyer and her associate to intimidate them from pursuing civil claims against a tow truck operator.

The offender robbed the associate at gunpoint and later fired seven shots into the law office during business hours.

The court emphasized denunciation and deterrence, sentencing the offender to a total of 12 years in custody, less credit for pre-trial custody.

The offender pleaded guilty to multiple serious offences, including discharging a firearm at a police officer during a gas station shootout and engaging in a 10-hour armed standoff at his boobytrapped home.

The police seized a massive arsenal of firearms, ammunition, and explosives from the residence.

The court weighed the extreme gravity of the offences, the offender's prior firearms record, and the breach of prohibition orders against mitigating factors including guilty pleas and harsh pre-sentence custody conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The offender was sentenced to a total of 18 years in custody, less credit for pre-sentence custody.

The 14-year-old accused pleaded guilty to first degree murder after fatally stabbing a 15-year-old fellow resident at a group foster home.

The Crown and defence jointly submitted that the maximum youth sentence of 10 years should be imposed, with no credit for pre-disposition custody.

The court accepted the joint submission, noting the horrific circumstances of the unprovoked attack, the accused's history of violent behaviour, and his significant psychiatric conditions.

The accused was sentenced to six years in custody followed by four years of conditional supervision in the community.

The offender pleaded guilty to fraud over $5000 and money laundering after operating a $29 million Ponzi scheme called Debit Direct.

He sold fake point-of-sale debit terminals to hundreds of investors and transferred the funds to the Dominican Republic.

The court sentenced the offender to 7 years in prison, less pre-sentence custody, and ordered $26.9 million in restitution along with a matching fine in lieu of forfeiture.

The offender pleaded guilty to possession of a loaded prohibited firearm, flight from police, and possession of a prohibited firearm while prohibited.

He fled from police in a vehicle and on foot, discarding a loaded handgun with a removed serial number.

At the time, he was subject to a lifetime weapons prohibition.

Accepting a joint submission, the court sentenced the offender to four years in custody, leaving 22 months and 15 days to serve after accounting for pre-sentence custody and lockdown credits.

The accused pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder after being pressured by co-accused to help locate the victim, who was subsequently shot and killed by one of the co-accused.

The court accepted a joint submission for a sentence of 5.5 years, reduced to 18 months after crediting 48 months for pre-trial custody and lockdown conditions.

The court noted the accused's cooperation with the Crown, his youth, Indigenous background, and lack of prior adult record as mitigating factors.

The accused pleaded guilty to a gunpoint robbery of a man in his truck, along with related offences.

The accused had a significant youth record including two prior robberies.

The court accepted a joint submission, sentencing the accused to 5 years in custody, less 2 years of enhanced credit for pre-trial custody, leaving 3 years to serve.

Concurrent sentences were imposed for the other counts, along with DNA and weapons prohibition orders.

The offender pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his wife, whom he stabbed while she was in bed.

The court considered the offender's history of domestic violence against the victim, his mental health issues, and his guilty plea.

Applying the criteria under section 745.4 of the Criminal Code, the court sentenced the offender to life imprisonment with a parole ineligibility period of 15 years.

The accused brought an application to strike his guilty plea, arguing it was not fully informed and voluntary because he did not believe he had any other option but to plead guilty.

The Crown consented to the application.

After hearing brief testimony from the accused, the court found that the accused did not subjectively fully understand his options.

The court struck the guilty plea and adjourned the matter to set a trial date, noting the accused's waiver of his section 11(b) Charter rights for the period from the plea to the conclusion of the trial.

The offender pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in fentanyl and two counts of using a forged document.

She participated in a scheme where she used fraudulent prescriptions to obtain fentanyl patches from a pharmacy, which she then gave to a co-conspirator for financial gain.

The court considered the extreme danger of fentanyl, the offender's role as a low-level participant, her guilty plea, and her status as a first-time offender.

The court sentenced the offender to 26 months in jail concurrent on all counts, emphasizing denunciation and deterrence.

The accused pleaded guilty to offences related to a nighttime home invasion where he and an accomplice were masked and armed with a handgun.

The accused had a lengthy criminal record and was in breach of multiple court orders.

The court accepted a joint submission, sentencing the accused to six years in the penitentiary concurrent on several counts, plus 345 days of pre-trial custody credited as time served on another count, along with a DNA order and a lifetime weapons prohibition.

The accused pleaded guilty to two counts of first degree murder for the stabbing deaths of two women with whom he had been romantically involved.

The court imposed the mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with no parole eligibility for 25 years for each count, to be served concurrently.

The court also imposed a lifetime weapons prohibition, a DNA order, and a no-communication order with the victims' families.

The accused pleaded guilty to production of cannabis resin and arson by negligence after a butane extraction laboratory he operated in a residential basement caused an explosion.

The explosion destroyed the house, severely damaged two neighbouring homes, and caused serious burn injuries to the accused.

The court accepted a joint submission from the Crown and defence, sentencing the accused to a global term of three years' imprisonment, reduced to two years and one month after credit for pre-sentence custody and strict bail conditions.

The accused, a personal support worker, pleaded guilty to four counts of sexual assault against vulnerable, severely disabled residents of a group home.

The offences came to light only after the accused voluntarily confessed to the police.

Accepting a joint submission, the court sentenced the accused to seven years' imprisonment, reduced to four years net after applying enhanced credit for pre-sentence custody, noting the egregious breach of trust balanced against the mitigating factors of the voluntary confession and guilty pleas.

The offender pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking after acting as a delivery person for two suitcases containing two kilograms of cocaine.

He admitted to wilful blindness regarding the contents.

The offender fled the country while on bail but voluntarily returned years later due to his mother's terminal illness.

The court weighed the significant aggravating factors, including the large quantity of drugs and his flight from justice, against mitigating factors such as his guilty plea, lack of related record, and family circumstances.

The offender was sentenced to five years in jail.

The accused pleaded guilty to multiple offences arising from the possession of a loaded handgun found under a pillow in his bedroom.

At the time, he was bound by a weapons prohibition order and had a previous criminal record including firearms offences.

The court accepted a joint submission for a sentence of five years' imprisonment.

After applying credit for pre-trial custody, the accused was sentenced to 28 months going forward, along with a lifetime weapons prohibition, a DNA order, and an $800 victim surcharge.

The accused pleaded guilty to robbery for acting as the getaway driver in the armed robbery of a retail store.

The perpetrator stole $65,000 worth of cell phones and $7,600 in cash.

The accused was aware of the robbery but did not know a weapon would be used.

Accepting a joint submission, the court sentenced the accused to two years in the penitentiary followed by three years of probation, noting his role, the planning involved, and his status as a first-time offender.

The applicant, a lawyer charged with money laundering and possession of property obtained by crime, sought to vary or vacate three restraint orders freezing his bank and securities accounts.

He argued the orders were based on information obtained in breach of his s. 8 Charter rights, PIPEDA, and a production order, and that the banks acted as state agents.

The court dismissed the application, finding the accounts were properly restrained as offence-related property or proceeds of crime.

The court held the applicant had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the banking information disclosed, the banks acted independently to protect their own interests and not as state agents, and the disclosures complied with PIPEDA.

The court also found the CRA tax information was properly acquired and used.

The offender was convicted by a jury of second degree murder for his role in the stabbing death of the victim, whose body was subsequently burned and dumped in a ditch.

The Crown sought a parole ineligibility period of 20 years, while the defence argued for 12 to 14 years.

The court considered the brutal nature of the group attack, the extensive efforts to destroy evidence, and the offender's continued violent behaviour while in custody.

The court sentenced the offender to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 15 years.