COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO

DATE: 20030526

DOCKET: C39361

RE: HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN (Respondent) – and – RAI SINGH TOOR (Appellant)

BEFORE: LASKIN, MacPHERSON and GILLESE JJ.A.

COUNSEL: John Abrams, for the appellant Susan M. Chapman, for the respondent

HEARD & ENDORSED: May 21, 2003

On appeal from the sentence imposed by Justice David S. Crane of the Superior Court of Justice, sitting without a jury, dated November 22, 2002.

A P P E A L B O O K E N D O R S E M E N T

[1] While the sentence imposed is at the upper end of the range, we see no basis upon which to interfere with the trial judge’s exercise of discretion. Although the reasons for sentence are sparse, the consequences of the appellant’s actions were extremely serious and the need for general deterrence and denunciation in such cases has been repeatedly emphasized.

[2] Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.