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Criminal Code, section 98

Breaking and entering to steal firearm

Maximum
Life imprisonment
Mandatory minimum
No mandatory minimum
Kind of offence
Firearms

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2 cases with this offence

  1. April 14, 2025
    R. v. L.F.A.N., 2025 BCSC 845Weapons trafficking; Breaking and entering to steal firearm, Richmond. Justice Peter H. Edelmann
    5 years in custody (consecutive on two counts), less 135 days credit
  2. April 14, 2022
    R. v. Sawatsky, 2022 BCSC 625Possession of a controlled substance; Breaking and entering to steal firearm; Possession of break-in instruments, Powell River. Justice Jasvinder S. Basran
    5 years imprisonment (concurrent 1 month, 15 days and 4 months on other counts), less 201 days credit; DNA, lifetime s. 109 prohibition

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