Contempt of Court (Sentencing Cases)

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Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Asselin, 2019 MBCA 94 (CanLII), per Cameron JA	MB	CA	9 months imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Omar, 2017 ONSC 1833 (CanLII), per Molloy J	ON	SC	3 years imprisonment	The offender testified in his own defence at a first degree murder trial. He refused to answer relevant questions. Find summaries of case.
R v Bidesi, 2016 BCSC 171 (CanLII), per Butler J	BC	SC		Find summaries of case.
R v Nielsen, 2015 ABCA 143 (CanLII), per curiam	AB	CA		Find summaries of case.
R v Carlick, 2013 YKSC 83 (CanLII), per Brooker J	YK	SC		Find summaries of case.
R v McMillan, 2011 BCSC 1537 (CanLII), per Schultes J	BC	SC	18 months imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Yegin, 2010 ONCA 238 (CanLII), [2010] OJ No 2083 (ONSC), per curiam	ON	CA	4 years imprisonment	The offender refused to testify during a murder trial. He was a "long-time member of the criminal underworld". Find summaries of case.
R v Esrabian, , [2010] OJ No 2896 (SCJ)(*no CanLII links)	ON	SC	4 years imprisonment	The offender refused to testify at a murder trial. This was his second conviction for contempt for refusing to testify at the same trial.
R v Jacob, 2008 MBCA 7 (CanLII), per Scott CJ	MB	CA	2 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Abdullah, 2008 MBCA 48 (CanLII), per Scott CJ	MB	CA	3 years imprisonment	The judge said it could hardly be "worse case" and "worse offenders". Find summaries of case.
R v Abu-Sharife, 2006 BCSC 1981 (CanLII), per Grist J	BC	SC	2 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Ayres, 1984 CanLII 3539 (ON CA), 15 CCC (3d) 208, per Goodman JA	ON	CA	18 months imprisonment	The offender was brought in to testify against a co-accused on a murder trial. He refused to testify. Court Appeal overturned conviction but commented that the sentencing range adequate. Find summaries of case.
R v Lamer, 1973 CanLII 1569 (QC CA), per Gagnon JA	QC	CA		Find summaries of case.
In Re Samuel Harold Gerson, Re Nightingale, 1946 CanLII 51 (SCC), [1946] SCR 547, per Kerwin J	SCC	3 months	Find summaries of case. || {{{5}}}
R v Strike, 1921 CanLII 706 (MB KB), 66 D.L.R. 474, [1921] 2 W.W.R. 876	MB	SC	2 years	Find summaries of case.
Ex parte Lunan, 1951 CanLII 119 (ON SC), 99 C.C.C. 136, [1951] 2 D.L.R. 589	ON	SC	1 year	Find summaries of case.
Re Diamond and The Ontario Municipal Board, 1962 CanLII 132 (ON CA), 32 D.L.R. (2d) 103, [1962] O.R. 328	ON	CA		Find summaries of case.