The Crown applied to designate the respondent a dangerous offender following his convictions for two separate, unprovoked, and brutal attempted murders of vulnerable women working alone in retail stores.
The court found that the predicate offences were serious personal injury offences and that the respondent's conduct demonstrated a pattern of repetitive, persistent, and aggressive behaviour with a substantial degree of indifference to the consequences.
Psychiatric evidence indicated a moderate to high risk of violent re-offending and a lack of insight into the triggers for his violence.
Concluding that there was no reasonable expectation that a lesser measure would adequately protect the public, the court designated the respondent a dangerous offender and imposed an indeterminate sentence.
