The court sentenced an offender for historic kidnapping, sexual assault, assault, choking, and threat offences committed against two vulnerable sex workers in 1986.
Applying the sentencing principles in the Criminal Code, the totality principle, and the Charter protection against double punishment, the court rejected the submission that a prior Colorado sentence barred or substantially reduced sentence in Canada, although it treated the U.S. sentence as a collateral consequence.
The court found numerous aggravating factors, including prolonged confinement, repeated sexual violence, use of weapons, the victims' vulnerability, offending while on bail, and a serious prior record, while giving limited mitigation for age and harsh remand conditions.
A 19-year global sentence was imposed, with 3303 days' credit for pre-sentence custody, together with DNA, SOIRA, and lifetime weapons prohibition orders.
