Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

Frits E. Verhoeven

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

4 cases tracked, 1 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
1
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.

No leniency score yet: 3 of 5 comparable cases needed (a case is comparable when the decision states what the Crown asked for).

  • Violent
  • Drugs
  • Property
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

  1. July 24, 2025
    R. v. Scott, 2025 BCSC 1495Manslaughter, Vancouver
    • Below the Crown's ask
    6 years' imprisonment less credit for pre-sentence custody (539 days left to serve), then 3 years' probation

Other tracked cases

  1. May 12, 2025
    R. v. Monteith, 2025 BCSC 1160First degree murder, Surrey
    Life imprisonment, no parole for 25 years; lifetime weapons prohibition
  2. October 23, 2023
    R. v. Karaim, 2023 BCSC 2117Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking; Trafficking or possession for trafficking (Schedule III or V substance), Courtenay
    Two years plus one day in custody, concurrent on all four counts, no pre-sentence credit
  3. October 12, 2022
    R. v. Soranno, 2022 BCSC 1795Break and enter a place other than a dwelling-house, Abbotsford
    30 days imprisonment, served intermittently, then 12 months probation; DNA order

Offences sentenced

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