Canadian Criminal Sentencing/Cases/Extortion

Case	Citation	Sentence	Summary
R. v. Violette	2013 BCCA 31 (CanLII)	4 years	Offender also sentenced for possession of firearm (2 years). He was a member of the Hells Angels criminal organization.
R. v. Ste. Marie	2009 ABCA 177	15 months
R. v. Vonhiltgen	2007 BCSC 601	9 months	extortion
R. v. Rode	2007 ABCA 393	2 years less a day CSO	also charged with assault , unlawful confinement; Joint Rec sentence
R. v. R.L.B.	(1992), 131 A.R. 216 (Alta C.A.)	9 months	age 47; offender threatened to publish sexually explicit photographs of his ex-wife to extort forgiveness of child support; appealed from 2 years; images acquired through trust
R. v. Li (Y.H.)	(1996), 184 A.R. 395 (Alta. C.A.)	2.5 years	offender threatened serious bodily harm and death to the complainant, his wife and child, over 1.5 years, in order to extort $22,000; offender claimed to legitimately be owed the money.
R. v. Adrian	2001 ABPC 40	4.5 years	offender entered the hotel room of the victim and demanded $700 owed for drugs;  The offender and an accomplice took the victim to where they might get money; at each location, the victim was beaten for failing to get the money; victim taken back to hotel, beat him and stabbed him in hand