A Kamloops couple that was supposed to receive a puppy in exchange for the stud services of their male golden retriever has been granted $4,300 in compensation by a B.C. Supreme Court justice. . . .
The Atkinsons chose a puppy named Hunter from the litter of six, but upon explaining they intended to give the dog to a family friend, the defendants backed out of the deal and offered $1,000 as compensation, claiming they were entitled to choose who would home the puppies. The defendants were unwilling to agree to give up the pick of the litter to the Atkinsons because they had already sold all the dogs, according to a notice of civil claim. The plaintiffs said they found online posts indicating the dogs were all being sold for $3,000 each and were unwilling to accept the $1,000 because it was not the intended compensation and is not a fair value for the puppy, as they were being sold for $2,000 more.
Justice Len Marchand handed down the sentence, following a guilty verdict last summer in B.C. Supreme Court. In a written decision posted online, Marchand said the circumstances of the abuse called on him to “denounce and deter the sexual victimization of an extremely vulnerable Indigenous girl” while also attempting not to “exacerbate the grotesquely disproportionate rate of incarceration of Indigenous people.” “There is no easy solution,” Marchand wrote. According to the decision, the girl came to live with her maternal grandmother at a young age following the murder of her mother. Over a period of several months, the grandmother’s 65-year-old husband, the girl’s step-grandfather, sexually abused her, including intercourse and touching. The abuse was at times perpetrated through physical force and accompanied by verbal abuse.
Justice Ray Phillips accepted a joint submission on sentencing from defence lawyer Daniel McNamee and prosecutor Frank Caputo that will see Tucker pay a $2,000 fine and serve an 18-month probation term prohibiting him from driving except for work and running certain family errands. Tucker is employed by a local landscaping company, which involves him having to drive around town for work. Lucy Phua was an academic advisor at Thompson Rivers University. She died after being hit by a pickup truck while crossing the street at University Drive, near the Landmark condo development on Nov. 15, 2019. - Facebook Court heard Tucker had a couple of drinks after work and was leaving a liquor store at the Landmark development when the crash took place at about 5:30 p.m., after sunset, on Nov. 19, 2019.
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