US EditionB.C. court rules man’s sentencing improperly considered deportation risk
The B.C. Court of Appeal ruled the original sentence was too lenient due to the violent and unprovoked stabbing, imposing a 42-month prison term instead of a conditional sentence.
- An Australian-born permanent resident was given too light a sentence for a violent and unprovoked stabbing attack in Surrey, B.C. last year.
- The man had first stabbed the victim's arm and relentlessly pursued him into a building, stabbing him again in the stomach.
- The Appeal Court replaced his conditional sentence with a 42-month prison term, stating the judge improperly considered deportation risk without review.
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B.C. court rules man’s sentencing improperly considered deportation risk
The B.C. Court of Appeal says an Australian-born permanent resident who stabbed a man in Surrey, B.C., last year was given too light a sentence by a judge who improperly considered the immigration-related consequences of a prison term.
B.C. court rules man's sentencing improperly considered deportation risk (BC)
The B.C. Court of Appeal says an Australian-born permanent resident who stabbed a man in Surrey, B.C., last year was given too light a sentence by a judge who improperly considered the immigration-related consequences of a prison term. The court ruling released Friday says Jae Won Lee was given a co...
The Hamilton Spectator
The Toronto StarB.C. Appeal Court rules man’s sentencing improperly considered deportation risk
VANCOUVER - In March 2024, a middle-aged man was having a cigarette outside his Surrey, B.C., social housing complex when he noticed Jae Won Lee, a 23-year-old Australian-born permanent resident of Canada, lifting the cover off another resident's motorcycle.
Winnipeg Free Press
B.C. court rules man's sentencing improperly considered deportation risk
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