10 cases tracked, 5 flagged.
- Below the Crown's ask
- 6
- 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
16
Rank 47 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 31 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 11% below the Crown’s ask across 10 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.
- R. v. Soukary, August 27, 2026
- R. v. T.E.C., February 11, 2025
- R. v. Wareing, October 11, 2024, flagged
- R. v. Isbister, September 13, 2024, flagged
- R. v. Fuller, July 19, 2024, flagged
- R. v. B.-Q., February 27, 2023
- R. v. Ebrahimian, December 19, 2022
- R. v. Bragg, July 12, 2022, flagged
- R. v. Kapoor, December 3, 2021
- R. v. A.S.K., September 15, 2021, flagged
- Other
- Sexual
- Violent
- Below the Crown's ask
- Not flagged
Flagged cases
- October 11, 2024R. v. Wareing, 2024 BCSC 1895
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 14 years; 13 years for attempted murder with a firearmLife sentence - September 13, 2024R. v. Isbister, 2024 BCSC 1836
- Below the Crown's ask
27 months in jail, less 369 days credit for pre-sentence custody - July 19, 2024R. v. Fuller, 2024 BCSC 1523
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
40 months global (3 years on s. 95 with 6 months concurrent for threats, plus 4 months consecutive on s. 88), less 923 days pre-sentence credit - July 12, 2022R. v. Bragg, 2022 BCSC 1249
- Below the Crown's ask
7 years' imprisonment, less 14 days' credit (net 2,543 days) - September 15, 2021R. v. A.S.K., 2021 BCSC 1976
- Below the Crown's ask
Three and a half years (42 months) in jail, global, consecutive on four counts
Other tracked cases
- August 27, 202618 months in jail
- February 11, 2025Two years less a day in jail, then 36 months probation
- February 27, 2023Two years less a day in custody (concurrent on all counts), then 2 years probation
- December 19, 2022Life imprisonment on each of 3 counts, concurrent, no parole for 15 years; DNA order, lifetime s. 109 prohibitionLife sentence
- December 3, 2021Six months less a day in jail (179 days), then 3 years probation, concurrent on both counts
Offences sentenced
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