Victim of kidnapping case texted his mother for help, court hears as details revealed in B.C. sentencing hearing
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Details of a kidnapping and assault in Gibsons, B.C., were outlined for the first time in the sentencing of three men convicted in the case from 2019.
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Details of a kidnapping and assault in Gibsons, B.C., were outlined in the sentencing of three men convicted in the case from 2019.
The men accused of aggravated assault and kidnapping all pleaded not guilty, but changed their pleas the day after the trial began.
The judge accepted pleas from David Carmichael and Sean Lizee with respect to kidnapping, and from Matthew Braun to aggravated assault.
The remaining charges were stayed.
They learned their sentences in a Vancouver courtroom back in November, and a transcript of the judge's ruling was posted online earlier this month.
In her reasons for sentencing, Justice Shelley C. Fitzpatrick provided an overview of what is alleged to have happened, as presented by Crown counsel and the defence ahead of the hearing. Both legal teams agreed to the circumstances surrounding the case.
