Sentence Watch

The Honourable Judge

Shane Russell

Provincial Court of Nova Scotia, Port Hawkesbury

Sitting.

Last updated

5 cases tracked, 1 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.

Leniency score

Rank 46 of 61 scored judges in Canada, 7 of 7 at the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia. Sentences averaged 9% below the Crown’s ask across 5 comparable cases. The average across judges is 23.

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

Flagged cases

  1. August 30, 2024
    R. v. Z.Z., 2024 NSPC 42Sexual assault; Voyeurism, Port Hawkesbury
    • Below the Crown's ask
    6 years global (voyeurism sentences made concurrent on totality), less 981 days remand credit

Other tracked cases

  1. July 17, 2023
    R. v. S.R.M., 2023 NSPC 33Assault; Assault causing bodily harm; Sexual assault; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm; Uttering threats to damage property, Sydney
    7 years imprisonment (5 years for sexual assault plus consecutive terms on five other counts)
  2. July 6, 2023
    R. v. Pardy, 2023 NSPC 39Assault causing bodily harm; Assault by choking, suffocating or strangling; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, Sydney
    12 months in custody, then 2 years probation
  3. May 24, 2023
    R. v. C.G.M., 2023 NSPC 26Sexual assault of a person under 16, Sydney
    8 years' imprisonment, less 60 days' credit for remand
  4. March 23, 2022
    R. v. MacKinnon, 2022 NSPC 12Possession of property obtained by crime $5,000 or under; Breach of an undertaking; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking, New Waterford
    4 ½ years for possession of cocaine for trafficking, 6 months concurrent for possession of proceeds, 1 day served for breach of undertaking

Offences sentenced

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