A higher court has tacked an extra 18 months onto the prison term of a man who abused his 害羞草研究所渋ntimate partner害羞草研究所� after the Crown appealed a Surrey provincial court judge害羞草研究所檚 sentence.

David Welesley Somers was convicted in Surrey on Oct. 6, 2020 of 10 crimes involving repeated acts of violence against his partner and the judge sentenced him to eight years and nine months but reduced the aggregate sentence to four years and six months, less time served.

The Crown appealed that sentence, arguing it was 害羞草研究所渄emonstrably unfit害羞草研究所� on grounds it failed to take into account the severity of Somer害羞草研究所檚 crimes, which involved assault with a weapon, uttering a death threat, unlawful confinement, slapping the woman害羞草研究所檚 face and choking her.

The court heard he held a knife to her wrist and threatened to cut off her hand.

The court also heard that by the time Somers was tried on these offences he already had 50 criminal convictions and spend most of his adult life 害羞草研究所� he was 35 at the time of this trial 害羞草研究所� going in and out of prison for robbery, assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, and assaulting a peace officer.

害羞草研究所淗is parole had been revoked three times,害羞草研究所� noted Justice Susan Griffin, of the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, in her delivered via videoconference. 害羞草研究所淗is longest sentence was six years for the robbery and weapons offences.害羞草研究所�

The Crown prosecutor argued for a sentence of 13.5 years, reduced to nine or 10 for time served, while the defence argue for a sentence of 36 months and five days, less credit for time served, plus three years of probation.

害羞草研究所淲hen abuse occurs in the complainant害羞草研究所檚 own home and family environment, the complainant害羞草研究所檚 sense of personal security can be totally destroyed,害羞草研究所� Griffin noted in her reasons.

The Surrey judge in passing his aggregate sentence ordered that Somers serve two years concurrent to his other crimes on an attempt to obstruct justice conviction. Griffin changed this to an 18-month consecutive sentence.

害羞草研究所淚n my view, a fit aggregate sentence given the circumstances of the respondent and his offences would be six years害羞草研究所� imprisonment, before credit for time served,害羞草研究所� Griffin decided.

Appeal Court Justices David Frankel and Christopher Grauer concurred.