13 cases tracked, 6 flagged.
- Below the Crown's ask
- 7
- No jail for a violent offence
- 1
- Increased on appeal
- 0
- Offender offended again
- 0
Counts and the score cover the published decisions Sentence Watch has tracked, not every case this judge decided. How cases are chosen.
Leniency score
24
Rank 21 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 12 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 22% below the Crown’s ask across 12 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.
- R. v. M.E.G., August 10, 2026
- R. v. W.F., April 16, 2026, flagged
- R. v. King, April 29, 2025
- R. v. Reed, January 14, 2025, flagged
- R. v. B.E.D., April 5, 2024
- R. v. H.M., March 1, 2024, flagged
- R. v. Morgan, November 20, 2023
- R. v. S.T.C., October 30, 2023
- R. v. Kingswood, September 22, 2023
- R. v. C.M.R.T., September 8, 2023, flagged
- R. v. O.D.C., November 29, 2022, flagged
- R. v. D.J.M.K., November 19, 2021, flagged
- R. v. Chan, August 3, 2021
- Violent
- Sexual
- Firearms
- Drugs
- Other
- Below the Crown's ask
- Not flagged
Flagged cases
- April 16, 2026R. v. W.F., 2026 BCSC 806
- Below the Crown's ask
9 years in custody - January 14, 2025R. v. Reed, 2025 BCSC 121
- On release at the time
Life imprisonment, no parole for 25 years; concurrent 6 years and 4 years for the firearms offencesLife sentence - March 1, 2024R. v. H.M., 2024 BCSC 448
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
12 months conditional (6 months concurrent on the choking count), then 12 months probation - September 8, 2023R. v. C.M.R.T., 2023 BCSC 1810
- Below the Crown's ask
36 months' imprisonment (concurrent on the drug and firearm counts) plus 15 days consecutive for failing to attend court, less 225 days' credit - November 29, 2022R. v. O.D.C., 2022 BCSC 2451
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
Six and a half years in custody, less 954 days' credit for 634 days of pre-sentence custody - November 19, 2021R. v. D.J.M.K., 2021 BCSC 2474
- On release at the time
Five years' imprisonment, less 391 days' credit for pre-sentence custody
Other tracked cases
- August 10, 202610 years' incarceration on each count, concurrent, less 323 days' pre-sentence credit
- April 29, 20252 years in custody, plus a 10-year weapons prohibition
- April 5, 202418 months (540 days) imprisonment, deemed served by 695 days of pre-sentence credit; 1 day consecutive on simple possession; no probation
- November 20, 2023Two and a half years (912 days) imprisonment, less 468 days credit; 3-year driving prohibition
- October 30, 20234.5 years imprisonment (concurrent on all counts), less 303 days credit; 10-year firearms ban
- September 22, 20235 years in custody (joint submission), lifetime weapons prohibition, DNA order
- August 3, 2021Four years' imprisonment on each fentanyl count and two years on each other count, all concurrent
Offences sentenced
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