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R. v RDF, 2018 SKPC 28 (McIvor J)

R. v RDF, 2018 SKPC 28 (McIvor J)

Application to sentence young person as an adult following killing of four people and school shooting in La Loche - no criminal record - difficult to confirm maternal alcohol consumption, but court able to accept that he may fall somewhere on the FASD spectrum - offences not actions of someone at a lower mental maturity than chronological age - low IQ but evidence of planning and ultimate execution illustrated sophisticated thinking - high moral culpability and subject to adult sentence