During the trial Daniel Lewis Allan was charged with several criminal acts, such as possession of a stolen vehicle worth over $5,000, breaking and entering a dwelling house with intent to commit assault therein, kidnapping, unlawful confinement, aggravated assault and robbery, and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, or for committing an offence. The accused assaulted the complainant, Allan Sutton, on August 29th 2003, dragged him out of the house, had placed the victim’s body in the trunk of the stolen car, seriously injured him in order to obtain the PIN number of the complainant’s debit card, and dumped the body at the side of McMillan road. On the morning of the event, the victim was in the bathroom of his house in Surrey getting …show more content…
Allan, including his offences, sentences, correctional placement and periods of community supervision. The criminal record of the accused starts in 1977, when he was caught with the cheques fraud and sentenced to 2 years of probation. While being in probation he committed an armed robbery and sentenced to 15 months of jail and was given parole after 5 months. In 1983, Mr. Allan was convicted with the 2nd degree murder and sentenced to 10 years in penitentiary. While serving his sentence, in 1987, Mr. Allan was given a temporary parole. He committed armed robbery of Chevrolet Corvette and was sentenced to two years for the robbery, one year consecutive for use of a firearm, and six months concurrent on the remaining charges. On August 1992, the accused absconded while being on parole. It led to the fact that Mr. Allan was released in September 1997, when he served the full sentence for manslaughter. In 2000, Mr. Allan was convicted twice with stolen property and dangerous driving. First he was sentenced to 6 months in jail and 2 years of driving prohibition, second time he was sentenced to 3 months in jail and 1 year of driving prohibition and a probation order of 3 years. In 2001, the accused was sentenced to a $600 fine and a 1 year driving prohibition due to the impaired driving. In 2003, Mr. Allan was imprisoned for 7 days because of the failure to report to probation officer. In 2003, Mr. Allan received a three year sentence for dangerous driving with a five year driving prohibition, two years concurrent for failing to stop for police, and six months concurrent on the theft and possession of stolen property