VANCOUVER — Stanley Cup rioter Ryan Dickinson has been sentenced to 17 months in prison, less three and a half months for time served.
That will be followed by two years of probation and several conditions, including that he not possess or consume illicit drug or alcohol.
The sentence was handed down Thursday afternoon in Vancouver Provincial Court.
Dickinson, 20, is the first rioter to be sentenced. He pleaded guilty Jan. 6 to participating in a riot and being in breach of a recognizance.
He has been jailed since December for his role in the June 15 riot, during which he was photographed and videotaped taking part in a mob that destroyed police cars on Nelson Street. He was also recorded tossing a newspaper box and a mannequin into the looted and wrecked Black and Lee store on Richards Street.
He later boasted about his actions on Facebook.
Crown prosecution had requested up to 18 months in jail for Dickinson, while his lawyer had recommended one year.
The sentence breaks down as 16 months for his participation in the riot and one month for breach of recognizance. The three and a half months less for time served is to be subtracted from the 16 months
His sentencing comes three days after a judge rejected the government’s request to have Dickinson’s sentencing televised.
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Judge Malcolm MacLean said granting the Attorney-General’s Ministry request would require assistance from an amicus curiae – a friend of the court – to sort out the complex issues raised by the application.
The court wasn’t prepared to delay sentencing for that to happen.
The Liberal government had said it intended to televise the sentencing of those found guilty of the numerous offences that took place on the night of the riot that resulted in injuries to police and innocent bystanders as well as property damage.
Following MacLean’s decision, Attorney-General Shirley Bond said the government would rescind its request to ensure the trials would move ahead without further delay.
Meanwhile, Vancouver police today announced that 11 more charges have been approved against five more Stanley Cup rioters, three 17-year-olds, one 18, one 26.
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