Hostage Taking (Sentencing Cases)

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2019. (Rev. # 79255)

Case Digests

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Ader, 2018 ONSC 2351 (CanLII), per R Smith J	ON	SC		15 years imprisonment
R v Lewers, 2012 OJ No 4554(*no CanLII links)	ON		7.5 years imprisonment	The offender was convicted of kidnapping and forcible confinement for 22 hours. He had a lengthy criminal record.
R v Tse, 2010 BCSC 1273 (CanLII), 2010 BCJ No 1769, per Davies J	BC	SC	12 years imprisonment
R v Ribic, 2005 OJ No 4261(*no CanLII links)	ON		3 years + remand credit	The offender kidnapped 3 UN soldiers for 25 days. He was 21 years old.
R v Li, 2002 CanLII 18077 (ON CA), per Finlayson JA	ON	CA	14 years imprisonment	The offender participated in kidnapping three persons who were held for 22 days.
R v Hu, 1995 CanLII 2836 (BCCA), per Hinkson JA	BC	CA	14 years	The offender kidnapped for ransom. He held the victim for 7 days.