Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

Heather MacNaughton

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

4 cases tracked, 2 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.

No leniency score yet: 4 of 5 comparable cases needed (a case is comparable when the decision states what the Crown asked for).

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

Flagged cases

  1. March 11, 2024
    R. v. G.R.D., 2024 BCSC 431Sexual interference, Vancouver
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Two years in custody
  2. July 6, 2023
    R. v. A.R.K.K., 2023 BCSC 1175Manslaughter with a firearm; Robbery; Using an imitation firearm in the commission of an offence, Burnaby
    • 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

Other tracked cases

  1. November 3, 2025
    R. v. Islam, 2025 BCSC 2180Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Vancouver
    20 months conditional sentence (12 months house arrest, then curfew), less 3 days credit
  2. July 27, 2021
    R. v. T.G.S., 2021 BCSC 2292Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, Courtenay
    2 years less a day conditional sentence, then 1 year probation

Offences sentenced

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