Extortion (Sentencing Cases)

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Case Digests

Case Name Prv. Crt. Sentence Summary
R v Violette, 2013 BCCA 31 (CanLII), per Saunders JA BC CA 4 years imprisonment Offender also sentenced for possession of firearm (2 years). He was a member of the Hells Angels criminal organization.
R v Ste. Marie, 2009 ABCA 177 (CanLII), per curiam AB CA 15 months imprisonment
R v Vonhiltgen, 2007 BCSC 601 (CanLII), per Ehrcke J BC SC 9 months imprisonment extortion
R v Rode, 2007 ABCA 393 (CanLII), per Hillier J AB CA 2 years less a day CSO also charged with assault , unlawful confinement; Joint Recommendation sentence
R v RLB, 1992 ABCA 243 (CanLII), per Hetherington JA AB CA 9 months imprisonment age 47; offender threatened to publish sexually explicit photographs of his ex-wife to extort forgiveness of child support; appealed from 2 years; images acquired through trust
R v L(YH), 1996 ABCA 240 (CanLII), per Hunt JA AB CA 2.5 years imprisonment offender threatened serious bodily harm and death to the complainant, his wife and child, over 1.5 years, in order to extort $22,000; offender claimed to legitimately be owed the money.
R v Adrian, 2001 ABPC 40 (CanLII), per Daniel J AB PC 4.5 years imprisonment offender entered the hotel room of the victim and demanded $700 owed for drugs;  The offender and an accomplice took the victim to where they might get money; at each location, the victim was beaten for failing to get the money; victim taken back to hotel, beat him and stabbed him in hand.