S. Tejpal

The offender was convicted of multiple counts of assault, assault with a weapon, aggravated assault, and mischief against his intimate partner and her son over a 15-month period.

The assaults caused permanent and life-altering injuries to the partner, including facial disfigurement.

The Crown sought a global sentence of 5 years imprisonment, while the defence sought a suspended or minimal custodial sentence.

The court emphasized denunciation and deterrence but also considered the offender's youth, lack of criminal record, and rehabilitative potential.

The offender was sentenced to a global custodial term of two years less a day, followed by three years of probation.

The appellant appealed his summary conviction for impaired driving, arguing that the trial judge misapprehended the evidence and reached an unreasonable verdict regarding his identity as the driver at a restaurant drive-thru.

The Summary Conviction Appeal Court dismissed the appeal, finding that the trial judge made no errors in assessing the identification evidence and that the guilty verdict was entirely reasonable based on the overwhelming circumstantial evidence.

The offender was convicted of trafficking cocaine, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of cocaine.

The offences occurred while the offender was on bail for a previous trafficking charge.

The Crown sought a sentence of four to five years, while the defence sought two to two and a half years.

The court balanced the aggravating factors, including the nature and quantity of the drugs and the offender's related criminal record, against mitigating factors such as a positive pre-sentence report, family support, and efforts to upgrade his education.

Applying the principle of proportionality, the court sentenced the offender to a global sentence of 24 months in custody, after credit for pre-sentence custody, followed by two years of probation.