Ovis Ahmed

The offender was convicted of sexual assault and four counts of failing to comply with a condition of a release order.

The offender sexually assaulted his former intimate partner while subject to a release order prohibiting contact with her.

He breached the non-contact condition by contacting her by telephone the day following the assault.

The Crown sought a global sentence of two years jail followed by 12 months probation, along with ancillary orders.

The defence argued that the offender's pre-sentence custody of 310 real days, credited as 465 days, was sufficient time served given mitigating factors including harsh detention conditions.

The court imposed a sentence of approximately 15.5 months jail followed by 12 months probation, taking into account aggravating factors including persistence in sexual advances despite repeated refusals, the statutory aggravation of intimate partner violence, the offender's criminal record, and breach of court orders, balanced against mitigating factors including remorse, family support, and harsh pre-sentence custody conditions.

This is a sentencing decision for Iourii Starostin, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the death of his 87-year-old stepfather.

The offender, highly intoxicated at the time, brutally beat the victim.

The court considered the Crown's request for 12-14 years and the defence's request for 8 years.

Aggravating factors included the vulnerability of the victim, the brutality of the attack, and the offender's failure to address his long-standing alcohol use disorder despite previous convictions.

Mitigating factors included the guilty plea and harsh pre-sentence custody conditions.

The court sentenced the offender to 11 years imprisonment, with 3 years credit for pre-sentence custody, resulting in 8 years remaining to be served.

A DNA order and a lifetime s. 109 order were also imposed.