Sentence Watch

The Honourable Justice

Ward K. Branch

Supreme Court of British Columbia

Sitting.

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4 cases tracked, 1 flagged.

Below the Crown's ask
0
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
  • Below the Crown's ask
  • Not flagged

Flagged cases

  1. May 30, 2022
    R. v. Hartford, 2022 BCSC 1183Aggravated assault, New Westminster
    • On release at the time
    432 days' credit for time served plus a further 18 months' incarceration, then 3 years' probation

Other tracked cases

  1. March 28, 2024
    R. v. K.N.R.H., 2024 BCSC 699Sexual interference; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm; Exposure to a person under 16, Kamloops
    48 months on sexual interference (concurrent 90 days each on exposure and uttering threats), less 294 days pre-trial credit: 1,166 days remaining
  2. December 8, 2023
    R. v. O.R.R., 2023 BCSC 2325Sexual assault, Kamloops
    2 years in a federal facility
  3. July 16, 2021
    R. v. Cantrill, 2021 BCSC 1652Aggravated assault; Kidnapping; Extortion; Overcoming resistance to commission of offence (attempting to choke, suffocate or strangle), Chilliwack
    10 years on kidnapping; 5 years extortion, 4 years overcoming resistance and 3 years aggravated assault concurrent

Offences sentenced

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