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.
