A BRANTFORD MAN WHO HAS BEEN JAILED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST WAS SENT TO THE PENITENTIARY After He was Caught Last November in a video Holding A LOADED, SAWED-OFF SHOTGUN.
Justice Gethin Edward Called the Scenario where Brandon Lloyd Thomas, 28, Had the Weapon in his possession while he was asleep on a front porch, “A Disaster Waiting to Happen.”
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In Court, Thomas Pleaded Guilty to possession of a weapon, possession of an unauthorized firearm, possession of a prohibited firearm, possession contrary to a short order, careless use and storage and breach of probation.
“The Screengrab of the Accused Handling the Loaded Sawed-Off Shotgun is Chilling,” Said the Judge.
“The picture of the weapon and accompanying shells is frightning.”
The Crown Lawyer Predated Planty of Case Law That Indicated The Appropriate Senge was in the Four to Six Year Range and Suggested at Least Five Years, Based Partly on Thomas’s Many Past Convictions Which Girls More Than Three Pages Of His Criminal Record.
In the past, Thomas has been convicted of car and bicycle thefts, Stealing Gas, Breaking and Careering, Assault, and Damaging the Water Pipes at the Brant County Jail.
Defense Attorney Eric Angevine Said Thomas, A Drug Addict, was simply delivering the weapon in Return for a Reward of Drugs,
Angevine Asked for a Sentence of Eight Months of Pre-Trial Detention and Three Years in Prison.
Thomas Himself weighed in, asking the judge to take your time in an “over-packed” jail where there had been an outbreak and inmates were quarantined.
Edward Said He was Balancing Directives from the Supreme Court for Tougher Gun Sentences with Other Directives about the Over-Incarceration of Indigue People, Noting Thomas Had Been Raised in the Effects of Inter-Generation Residential School Trauma in His Family.
“What Self-Respecting Man Would Carry A Loaded Sawed-Off Shotgun in Broad Daylight in a Residential Neighbourhood? The Answer Must Be ‘A Man Who Has Never Been Taught About Respect and who Has Little Self Respect’.
The Illegal Firearm Could Have Easily Led To Death If the Sleeping Thomas Has Been Unceremoniously Awakened or If He Got An Angry Confrontation, Said the Judge.
“His crime was not moving something from point a to point b, but Carrying a Sawed-Off Shotgun for the Promise of Drugs. It was an endeavour Fraught with the potential for Human Tragedy.
TAKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION, Edward Landed On A Global Sentence that included Thomas’s Eight Months Already Served and An Additional Four Years in Prison.
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