Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

Andrew P. A. Mayer

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

8 cases tracked, 5 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
3
No jail for a violent offence
0
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

Rank 48 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 32 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 7% below the Crown’s ask across 8 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.

  • Sexual
  • Violent
  • Firearms
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

  1. May 17, 2024
    R. v. Beynon, 2024 BCSC 1055Manslaughter, Fort St. James
    • On release at the time
    5 years' imprisonment less 1,246 days pre-sentence credit (19 months remaining), then 30 months probation
  2. April 23, 2024
    R. v. Crossley, 2024 BCSC 1022Second degree murder, New Westminster
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 14 years
  3. November 17, 2023
    R. v. Crossley, 2023 BCSC 2126Manslaughter, New Westminster
    • On release at the time
    9 years and 6 months, less 1,093 days' credit for pre-sentence custody (2,375 days remaining)
  4. April 6, 2023
    R. v. Nazarek, 2023 BCSC 722Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized; Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; Failure to attend court; Breach of a release order; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Fort St. John
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    12 years imprisonment (13 reduced by 1 for totality) less 683 days credit; DNA order, lifetime weapons prohibition, CDSA forfeiture
  5. September 15, 2022
    R. v. Barnes, 2022 BCSC 2073Sexual assault, Squamish
    • Below the Crown's ask
    3 years incarceration less 591 days' remaining credit (504 days further), then 2 years probation; SOIRA 20 years, DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibition

Other tracked cases

  1. April 1, 2025
    R. v. C.V., 2025 BCSC 817Sexual assault; Failure to provide necessaries of life, Burnaby
    5 years for sexual assault and 1 year concurrent for failing to provide the necessaries of life, less 123 days' credit
  2. February 21, 2025
    R. v. Cuthbert, 2025 BCSC 411Assault; Aggravated assault; Forcible confinement; Robbery, Powell River
    Five years' imprisonment (all counts concurrent), less 1,326 days' credit, then one year probation
  3. April 1, 2022
    R. v. D.A., 2022 BCSC 1256Assault causing bodily harm, Trail
    12 months jail less 279 days credit, then one year probation

Offences sentenced

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