Janet Winteringham

Flagged cases

1. February 16, 2024
   R. v. W.H., 2024 BCSC 336Sexual assault of a person under 16; Invitation to sexual touching; Making child sexual abuse material; Distributing child sexual abuse material; Making sexually explicit material available to a child; Incest, Courtenay

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Long-term offender designation; 18 years in prison (10 years for the sexual offences plus 8 years consecutive for the child sexual abuse material offences) less 1,462 days of credit, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order
2. June 13, 2023
   R. v. Handule, 2023 BCSC 1031Forcible confinement, Burnaby

   • 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
3. March 1, 2023
   R. v. Hughes, 2023 BCSC 688Manslaughter with a firearm, Chilliwack

   • Below the Crown's ask
   • On release at the time
   Five years' imprisonment, less 28 months (837 days) pre-sentence credit
4. June 17, 2022
   R. v. M.E.L., 2022 BCSC 1200Assault with a weapon; Assault causing bodily harm; Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm; Forcible confinement, Vancouver

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Long-term offender: 7 years less 4 years pre-sentence credit (3 years remaining), then an 8-year long-term supervision order

Other tracked cases

1. February 4, 2022
   R. v. Francisco, 2022 BCSC 420Criminal negligence causing death, Burnaby
   4 years' imprisonment, then a 4-year driving prohibition

Offences sentenced

• Forcible confinement2 cases
• Assault causing bodily harm1 case
• Assault with a weapon1 case
• Criminal negligence causing death1 case
• Distributing child sexual abuse material1 case
• Incest1 case
• Invitation to sexual touching1 case
• Making child sexual abuse material1 case