Client plead guilty to trafficking 2 kg of ketamine to an undercover officer for $18,000. Crown sought three years. Defence sought Conditional Sentence Order (House Arrest)CSO. Conditional Sentence granted. Sentencing judge accepted defence position that this was a unique case in which the client, of otherwise good character, did a favour for a friend, that he was not otherwise involved drug trafficking at any level, and that he did not profit from the transaction in question.
July 3, 2012