Court File and Parties

Court File No.: CR-24-0083 and CR-24-0221

Date: July 25, 2025

SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE

His Majesty the King

v.

Patrick Park

Reasons for Sentence

Before the Honourable Justice C. Conlan

On January 23, 2025, at Milton, Ontario

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Appearances

A. Stevenson Counsel for the Crown

A. Karapancev Counsel for Patrick Park

Reasons for Sentence

CONLAN, J. (Orally):

Convictions and Ancillary Orders

First of all, convictions are registered on all findings of guilt that were entered after the pleas were entered.

The victim fine surcharge is waived on each of the convictions. That is because Mr. Park has already been in custody for quite some time.

A primary DNA order is issued.

A SOIRA order, or Sex Offender Registry order, is issued for a period of life.

A section 109 Criminal Code firearms and weapons prohibition order is issued for a period of 10 years and life for certain prohibited items, as per the two subsections.

There is a section 743.21 Criminal Code order, non-communication while serving the sentence of imprisonment with regard to all persons that were named earlier by the Crown in submissions. The actual names will be spelled out in the order.

And finally, in terms of ancillary orders, there is a forfeiture order issued for the cellular telephone in question.

Sentence of Imprisonment

Now, with regard to the sentence of imprisonment, the warrant of committal will indicate all time periods in days, not in years or months.

And I will say this at the outset in terms of the sentence of imprisonment. But for the mitigating factors of Downes credit and Duncan credit, I would have imposed a global sentence of seven years or 2,555 days. Again, the warrant will use the days, 2,555 days, less pre-sentence custody of 232.5 days, maximum Summers credit. That is what I would have done but for the additional mitigating factors of Downes credit and Duncan credit.

Considering those mitigating factors of the Downes credit and Duncan or Marshall credit, the global sentence that I impose today is 2,155 days, 5.9 years, less pre-sentence custody of 232.5 days for a net sentence from today of 1,922 days. That is the equivalent of about five-and-a-quarter years.

So I will repeat that. Considering the mitigating factors of Downes and Duncan credit, the global sentence imposed is 2,155 days, less pre-sentence custody of 232.5 days for a net sentence from today of 1,922 days, which is the equivalent of about five-and-a-quarter years.

When I write the reasons, counsel will see that effectively what I have done is taken more than a year off the sentence to account for Downes credit and Duncan credit. The global sentence before consideration of pre-sentence custody went from seven years to 5.9 years. And then I took off the 232.5 days, which is the maximum statutory pre-sentence custody credit that an offender can get under the Criminal Code.

Breakdown of Sentence

So the breakdown of the sentence is as follows:

On the 14-count indictment dated February 12, 2024:

On count 1, the human trafficking offence: the sentence is 2,155 days, less pre-sentence custody of 232.5 days for a net sentence from today of 1,922 days.

On all of the other counts in that indictment, counts 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 13, the sentence is 1,922 days in custody from today, concurrent one to the other and concurrent with count 1.

On the four-count indictment dated November 20, 2023:

On count 2, which is one of the sexual assaults, the sentence is 1,825 days or five years from today but it runs concurrent with the sentences on the other indictment.

And on count 3, the other section 271 conviction on the four-count indictment, the sentence is 1,825 days in custody from today, concurrent with the sentence imposed on count 2 and concurrent with the sentences imposed on the 14-count indictment.

Global Sentence

So all of that means that the global sentence from today in terms of net time is 1,922 days yet to be served by Mr. Park.

I know I said I would give fulsome reasons later, but I think I should say that normally these sentences would run consecutive. The sentences imposed on the 14-count indictment would run consecutive to the sentences imposed on the four-count indictment. But I decided to make them run concurrent with each other because of the principle of totality and because I thought that the sexual assaults on the four-count indictment required a severe sentence. Required a sentence of effectively five years on each sexual assault. And so, the best way to accomplish that was to do it the way I did it.

Is there anything unclear about what I said?

A. KARAPANCEV: No.

A. STEVENSON: I'm just waiting for the paper. It got lost.

THE COURT: Okay, so, why don't you copy this right now, please, Mr. Registrar and give the two copies to counsel who can have a look at it before I leave. I have also structured the overall sentencing, as I think the jurisprudence requires me to do because Downes and Duncan are not mathematical formulas. They ought to be considered mitigating factors. So, have a look at that and see if you are uncertain about anything.

A. KARAPANCEV: Yes, I think, Your Honour, this all makes sense to me. I explained to Mr. Park. He didn't understand the difference between concurrent and consecutive, but I explained to him essentially all the sentences are running concurrently.

THE COURT: Both within each indictment and between the two indictments. Ms. Stevenson?

A. STEVENSON: Yes, I'm good, Your Honour. Thank you.

THE COURT: Okay. So I would like to thank both counsel. I know that you worked tremendously hard to bring this case to a resolution, and I know that we had multiple judicial pre-trials about the case. And you put a great deal of effort into the case on both sides, so that's much appreciated by the court. If the victims were here, I would say something directly to the victims in terms of recognizing the tremendous impact that this type of abuse and exploitation has on someone. Anyone, particularly someone who's of a relatively tender age, it is wicked, terrible conduct to treat people like this. That's what I would have said if they were here. In terms of Mr. Park, I do hope that you continue on your path, sir, of rehabilitation. So, thank you, counsel.

Released: July 25, 2025