Sentences in Burnaby
15 cases tracked in Burnaby. All of British Columbia.
Decisions
- July 10, 202610 years imprisonment less 1,130 days pre-sentence credit; 82 months going forward
- June 12, 20266 years in custody, less 75 days credit for pre-sentence custody
- April 23, 20266 years in custody, less 885 days credit for pre-sentence custody
- February 13, 2026R. v. Downey, 2026 BCSC 322
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 12 yearsLife sentence - April 24, 2025R. v. Huete, 2025 BCSC 764
- Below the Crown's ask
36 months in custody (12 months concurrent on the concealed-firearm count) - April 1, 20255 years for sexual assault and 1 year concurrent for failing to provide the necessaries of life, less 123 days' credit
- July 17, 20245 years' imprisonment, concurrent to the life sentence for murder, already served through pre-sentence custody
- November 30, 2023R. v. Deo, 2023 BCSC 2486
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years imprisonment on each offence, concurrent, less 30 days credit; lifetime s. 109 prohibition, DNA, restitution - July 6, 2023R. v. A.R.K.K., 2023 BCSC 1175
- On release at the time
12 years global (9 years manslaughter plus consecutive 4 years robbery and 1 year imitation firearm, reduced for totality), less 1,061 days' pre-sentence credit - June 13, 2023R. v. Handule, 2023 BCSC 1031
- Below the Crown's ask
6 years less 54 months' Summers credit (18 months left to serve), concurrent to the life sentence he is serving; lifetime s. 109 and DNA orders - April 21, 2023Five years total (two years per count consecutive, reduced by one year for totality), less 1,262 days credit; then 3 years probation
- March 7, 2023R. v. Yahia, 2023 BCSC 980
- No jail for a violent offence
3 months conditional sentence (first 45 days house arrest), then 12 months probation - September 9, 2022Life imprisonment, no parole for 17 years; lifetime s. 109 weapons prohibition, DNA orderLife sentence
- April 22, 2022R. v. Janic, 2022 BCSC 958
- Below the Crown's ask
5 years imprisonment less 95 days pre-trial credit; DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibition - February 4, 20224 years' imprisonment, then a 4-year driving prohibition
Judges who decided these cases
- The Honourable Justice Heather J. HolmesSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Janet WinteringhamSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Andrew MajawaSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Andrew P. A. MayerSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Bruce ElwoodSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Edlyn LaurieSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Heather MacNaughtonSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Michael TammenSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Nathan H. SmithSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Shelley C. FitzpatrickSupreme Court of British Columbia
- The Honourable Justice Y. Liliane BantourakisSupreme Court of British Columbia