Holy F, indeed...
Disgraced Winnipeg police officer sentenced to 7 years in prison
"Holy f--k," Bostock said in response from his seat in the prisoner’s box, covering his face with his hands and shaking his head.
"I accept that there was a plea bargain, but the parties have not made a joint submission on sentence. I hesitate to go along with it," Champagne said, adding trial judges are required to give lawyers notice if they are considering giving a harsher sentence than what prosecutors ask for, allowing them to make more submissions if they want to.
"Failure to do so risks having the harsher sentence overturned on appeal," Champagne said.
When lawyers returned from a brief recess to consider those comments, defence lawyer Richard Wolson told court Bostock had accepted the seven-year joint recommendation.
The seven years prosecutors asked for came as part of a plea deal that saw the Crown cap their request at six years for Bostock’s provincial offences and a year for his federal drug charge, on the condition that Bostock’s defence ask for a sentence of no less than two years for the provincial charges and a consecutive sentence of any length for the drug offence.
Bostock, 49, pleaded guilty last November to a long list of crimes, including getting traffic tickets voided in exchange for liquor and gift cards, stealing cannabis from a police scene, sharing confidential police information, and sending lewd texts alongside a photo he took of a topless woman who had fatally overdosed.
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