Sentences in Port Hawkesbury

Decisions

1. May 8, 2026
   R. v. Z.A., 2026 NSSC 163Sexual interference; Forcible confinement; Incest; Exposure to a person under 16. Justice D. Shane Russell

   • Below the Crown's ask
   8 years in a federal penitentiary (10 years for incest reduced to 8 for totality; other counts concurrent)
2. December 23, 2025
   R. v. C.B.R.W., 2025 NSPC 45Assault; Sexual assault; Breach of a probation order; Uttering threats to damage property. Judge Del W. Atwood

   • Below the Crown's ask
   • No jail for a violent offence
   • On release at the time
   10 months conditional sentence after 11 months remand credit (21-month total), then 2 years probation
3. August 30, 2024
   R. v. Z.Z., 2024 NSPC 42Sexual assault; Voyeurism. Judge Shane Russell

   • Below the Crown's ask
   6 years global (voyeurism sentences made concurrent on totality), less 981 days remand credit
4. July 17, 2024
   R. v. Googoo, 2024 NSSC 247Aggravated assault. Justice Patrick J. Duncan

   • Below the Crown's ask
   • No jail for a violent offence
   2 years less a day conditional sentence (house arrest then curfew), then 3 years probation
5. April 19, 2023
   R. v. Boudreau, 2023 NSSC 131Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking. Justice Robin C. Gogan
   4 years custody; s. 109, DNA and forfeiture orders
6. July 6, 2022
   R. v. Isadore, 2022 NSSC 209Manslaughter; Abandoning a child. Justice Patrick J. Duncan
   18 years' imprisonment (15 years manslaughter, 3 years consecutive abandonment), less 1,374 days' remand credit
7. August 16, 2021
   R. v. A.C.S., 2021 NSSC 303Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking. Justice Patrick J. Murray
   90 days intermittent custody, then 30 months probation