Saskatoon judge gives 16-month sentence to man with serious history of dangerous driving

Aishwarya Dudha · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 17, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

A Saskatoon justice gave a antheral who has a agelong past of driving offences a 16-month sentence, which has already been served portion connected remand.

Timothy Gunn, 36, from Cowessess First Nation was charged successful the summertime of 2023 for driving erstwhile prohibited.

He was recovered blameworthy successful March 2025 and sentenced Wednesday. In summation to the 16 months of jailhouse time, Gunn got a five-year driving suspension.

Although helium has served the 16 months, Gunn is inactive successful custody awaiting different proceedings connected driving-related charges retired of Prince Albert, according to his lawyer Brian Pfefferle.

When arrested successful 2023, Gunn possessed a conveyance and was driving regularly, Judge Vanessa Monar Enweani said astatine the condemnation hearing.

"He was surviving with his communal instrumentality spouse retired of municipality and has been driving to and from Saskatoon connected a reasonably regular ground without a driver's licence and portion prohibited by crushed of a erstwhile conviction," Pfefferle said.

Gunn has 16 anterior convictions, including driving erstwhile prohibited, causing bodily harm, evading police and failing to halt erstwhile being pursued by police.

Gunn was sentenced in 2015 for an hour-long pursuit that near a way of damaged constabulary cruisers and terrified witnesses.

Judge Enweani said she took Gunn's inheritance into relationship and considered Gladue factors portion deciding the due sentence. Gladue factors are principles Canadian courts indispensable see erstwhile sentencing Indigenous offenders, specified poverty, violence, household instability and trauma.

Pfefferle said Gunn found his begetter dormant arsenic a kid and had to call 911.