The Crown brought a dangerous offender application against Roberto Camara following his conviction for aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.
The victim, a 72-year-old man, was struck in the face with a pool cue at a sports bar, resulting in permanent blindness in one eye and permanent facial disfigurement.
The court found that Camara met the statutory criteria for dangerous offender designation under both s.753(1)(a)(i) and s.753(1)(a)(ii) of the Criminal Code based on a pattern of repetitive and persistent aggressive behaviour showing a failure to restrain his behaviour and substantial indifference to the consequences.
The court rejected the alternative long-term offender designation, finding no reasonable possibility of eventual control of the risk in the community.
Camara was declared a dangerous offender and sentenced to an indeterminate sentence.
