The offender, an Indigenous woman, pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon after participating in a group robbery where she wielded an axe.
The court considered significant Gladue factors, including intergenerational trauma from residential schools, child welfare involvement, and homelessness at the time of the offence.
Emphasizing the offender's rehabilitative efforts, lack of prior record, and the need to address Indigenous overincarceration, the court granted a conditional discharge with 12 months of probation.
