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UPDATE: 11:25 p.m.
A man who targeted 15 families with firebombings and shootings because he thought they had links to a training centre for emergency responders in British Columbia has been sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison.
Forty-three-year-old Vincent Cheung of Langley pleaded guilty last week to 18 of 23 charges stemming from attacks in 2011 and 2012.
The Crown had asked for a 15-year prison sentence, while Cheung's lawyer recommended a 10-year term, saying that his client was a drug addict at the time of the attacks.
At the man's sentencing hearing, court heard that Cheung either hired associates or may have personally carried out the crimes after tracking down people who parked their vehicle at the Justice Institute of British Columbia in the Vancouver area where police and first responders are trained.
Nine victim impact statements were read out to the court in which people reported emotional trauma, depression and sleep deprivation after their homes or cars were shot at or set on fire.
ORIGINAL
A man who orchestrated a series of firebombings and targeted shootings aimed at people with a connection to the British Columbia Justice Institute will be sentenced today.
Forty-three-year-old Vincent Cheung of Langley pleaded guilty last week to 18 of 23 charges including arson and firearms offences stemming from attacks on 15 families in 2011 and 2012.
The B.C. Supreme Court heard that Cheung hired associates or may have personally carried out the crimes after tracking down people who parked their vehicle at the institute in the Vancouver area where police and first responders are trained.
Crown attorney Joe Bellows argued the man's mental health and substance abuse challenges did not meet the bar as a mitigating factor and called for a 15 year prison sentence.
Cheung's lawyer, Martin Peters, asked for a 10-year sentence, telling court his client was consuming drugs at the time of the attacks but no one chooses to be an addict.
Court heard nine victim impact statements in which people reported emotional trauma, depression and sleep deprivation after their homes or cars were shot at or set on fire.
