W. Paul Riley

Flagged cases

1. June 11, 2025
   R. v. J.E.C., 2025 BCSC 1173Sexual assault, Kamloops

   • Below the Crown's ask
   10 years and 5 months in prison (after a totality reduction from 11 years and 5 months), less 25 months' credit for pre-sentence custody
2. December 14, 2023
   R. v. Smith, 2023 BCSC 2308Assaulting a peace officer with a weapon or causing bodily harm; Flight from a peace officer; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, New Westminster

   • On release at the time
   Effective sentence of three years and three months, deemed served by pre-sentence custody (one day jail, time served, on each count)
3. December 16, 2022
   R. v. Brown, 2022 BCSC 2372Forcible confinement, Langley

   • Below the Crown's ask
   • No jail for a violent offence
   22 months conditional sentence, then 12 months probation
4. September 27, 2022
   R. v. D.J.H., 2022 BCSC 1743Sexual interference; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, Surrey

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Six years in custody (one year concurrent for uttering threats)

Other tracked cases

1. January 8, 2026
   R. v. M.M., 2026 BCSC 39Second degree murder; Manslaughter with a firearm, Creston
   Life imprisonment, no parole for 13 years (second degree murder); 8 years concurrent for manslaughter with a firearm

   Life sentence
2. May 2, 2024
   R. v. R.E.W., 2024 BCSC 740Employing a foreign national not authorized to work in Canada, Squamish
   $2,000 fine (12 months to pay); no probation; two-year common law peace bond

   No custody
3. April 5, 2024
   R. v. Kang, 2024 BCSC 656Trafficking in a Schedule I or II substance; Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, Vancouver
   11 years in the penitentiary (nine years and two years consecutive)
4. November 24, 2023
   R. v. Cook, 2023 BCSC 2143Manslaughter, Langley
   10 years jail less 3 years 9 months credit (net 6 years 3 months)

Offences sentenced

• Assaulting a peace officer with a weapon or causing bodily harm1 case
• Conspiracy to commit an indictable offence1 case
• Employing a foreign national not authorized to work in Canada1 case
• Flight from a peace officer1 case
• Forcible confinement1 case
• Manslaughter1 case
• Manslaughter with a firearm1 case
• Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking1 case