Sentencing of a first offender convicted at trial of aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, uttering a threat to cause death, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
The accused attacked his sister's husband with a box cutter knife in the family home, inflicting deep cuts requiring 70 stitches, and also cut his own father who intervened.
The accused absconded and was sentenced in absentia after his counsel was removed from the record.
The court found the stated intent to kill was a significant aggravating factor beyond the mere utterance of a death threat.
While acknowledging the Crown's proposed range of 3.5 to 4 years was below what the circumstances warranted, the court imposed a global sentence of 4 years' custody, with ancillary orders including DNA, a firearms prohibition, a no-contact order, and restitution of $26,338.
