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Offender sentenced to six years for manslaughter with a firearm, reduced for pre-trial custody.
The offender was found guilty of manslaughter by a jury after fatally shooting the victim in the chest during a dispute.
The court inferred the shooting was intentional for intimidation purposes but assumed the offender did not intend to hit the victim.
The court declined to revisit the constitutionality of the four-year mandatory minimum for manslaughter with a firearm.
Balancing the gravity of the offence with the offender's youth, lack of criminal record, and strong family support, the court imposed a sentence of six years, reduced to three years less 15 days after credit for pre-trial custody.
Repeat intimate partner violence offender designated a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate term.
The Crown applied to have the respondent designated a dangerous offender following his convictions for serious personal injury offences against an intimate partner.
The respondent had a history of horrific violence against intimate partners, including a prior conviction for attempted murder where he bound, gagged, and locked a former partner in the trunk of her car.
A forensic psychiatrist assessed the respondent as having an anti-social personality disorder and being at a high risk for violent re-offence against intimate partners.
The court found that the respondent's actions constituted a pattern of repetitive and persistent aggressive behaviour showing a failure to restrain himself and a substantial degree of indifference to the consequences.
The court concluded there was no reasonable expectation that a lesser measure would adequately protect the public, designated the respondent a dangerous offender, and imposed an indeterminate sentence.
Respondent designated a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate term for intimate partner violence.
The respondent had a history of horrific violence against intimate partners, including a previous conviction for attempted murder where he bound and gagged a former girlfriend in the trunk of a car.
The court found a pattern of repetitive and persistent aggressive behaviour showing a failure to restrain his behaviour and a likelihood of causing severe psychological damage or injury to future intimate partners.
The court designated the respondent a dangerous offender and imposed an indeterminate sentence.
