Extortion (Sentencing Cases)

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2014. (Rev. # 88835)

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Case Digests

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v Widdifield, 2018 BCCA 62 (CanLII)	BC	CA
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), 487 AR 153, 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.