6 cases tracked, 5 flagged.
- Below the Crown's ask
- 4
- 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
19
Rank 40 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 26 of 42 at the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Sentences averaged 12% below the Crown’s ask across 6 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.
- R. v. Losch, December 18, 2025, flagged
- R. v. H.C.D., January 27, 2025, flagged
- R. v. Sandhu, July 4, 2024, flagged
- R. v. D.A.G., September 7, 2023, flagged
- R. v. J.M.R.E., July 28, 2023, flagged
- R. v. Wesley, July 5, 2023
- Violent
- Sexual
- Below the Crown's ask
- Not flagged
Flagged cases
- December 18, 2025R. v. Losch, 2025 BCSC 2591
- Below the Crown's ask
10 years for manslaughter plus 2 years consecutive for interfering with human remains (12 years total), less 1,280 days credit - January 27, 2025R. v. H.C.D., 2025 BCSC 450
- Below the Crown's ask
18 months jail, then 3 years probation - July 4, 2024R. v. Sandhu, 2024 BCSC 1388
- Below the Crown's ask
Life imprisonment, no parole for 13 yearsLife sentence - September 7, 2023R. v. D.A.G., 2023 BCSC 1643
- Below the Crown's ask
- On release at the time
8 years on each of kidnapping and manslaughter, concurrent, less 1,206 days credit - July 28, 2023R. v. J.M.R.E., 2023 BCSC 1742
- On release at the time
10 years imprisonment, long-term offender designation with a 10-year long-term supervision order
Other tracked cases
- July 5, 2023Life imprisonment, no parole eligibility for 20 yearsLife sentence
Offences sentenced
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