Man gets 13 years, 6 months for arsons, shootings at B.C. family homes
VANCOUVER — Delusions drove a man to target 15 homes in British Columbia with arsons and gunfire, but Vincent Cheung was aware of his drug addiction and his behaviour requires strong denunciation, a judge says.
Associate Chief Justice Austin Cullen of the British Columbia Supreme Court sentenced 43-year-old Cheung to 13 and a 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday for orchestrating several attacks in 2011 and 2011.
Cheung pleaded guilty last week to 18 of 23 charges, admitting he planned and paid others to carry out firebombings and shootings on homes and cars because he mistakenly believed his victims were connected to a training centre for police. Other first responders also attend the Justice Institute of British Columbia.
Cullen ruled that Cheung’s motives were rooted in delusions but the crimes were calculated and posed threats of serious harm and death.