Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

Jasvinder S. Basran

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

Last updated

4 cases tracked, 2 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
2
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).

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

Flagged cases

  1. June 20, 2025
    R. v. Rektor, 2025 BCSC 1217Assault, Kelowna
    • Below the Crown's ask
    33 months in custody (consecutive terms on four counts)
  2. March 14, 2023
    R. v. A.A., 2023 BCSC 482Sexual assault, Vancouver
    • Below the Crown's ask
    21 months custody, then 3 years probation

Other tracked cases

  1. August 9, 2023
    R. v. MacLeod, 2023 BCSC 1411Second degree murder; Aggravated assault, Prince George
    Life imprisonment, no parole for 12 years; concurrent 5 and 7 years for two aggravated assaults
  2. April 14, 2022
    R. v. Sawatsky, 2022 BCSC 625Possession of a controlled substance; Breaking and entering to steal firearm; Possession of break-in instruments, Powell River
    5 years imprisonment (concurrent 1 month, 15 days and 4 months on other counts), less 201 days credit; DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibition

Offences sentenced

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