Oct 17 2023 rbbm
It’s a “miracle that (the victim) survived,” the judge said.
www.thestar.com
''A GTA man has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for orchestrating the “contract hit” that saw his ex-common law partner miraculously survive being shot with a crossbow by an assailant posing as a deliveryman.
Roger Jaggernauth, 53, was sentenced by Brampton Superior Court Justice Jennifer Woollcombe late last month after being found guilty of attempted murder and counselling to commit an indictable offence earlier this year.
The sentence was driven by aggravating factors including the “devastating and life-changing,” injuries suffered by the victim, Woollcombe said at Jaggernauth’s sentencing hearing.''
''When a first attempt to get an ex-biker gang member to help kill her failed, Jaggernauth pursued the alternative plan involving a hit man using a concealed crossbow.
The disguised shooter has never been identified; he was described by police as white, tall and skinny.''
''The trial also heard from a former Satan’s Choice biker gang member who testified Jaggernauth asked him if he knew anyone who could “take her out.”
The ex-biker refused to help.
In total, Jaggernauth was sentenced to 16-and-a-half years for attempted murder and six months for counselling to commit an indictable offence — the conversation with the ex-biker — to be served concurrently.
For women facing domestic violence, the end of a relationship is often the most dangerous time, a pattern that has been repeated in several recent cases in the GTA.
“This is a pattern that is tragically predictable,” said Sharon Mayne Devine, the CEO of Catholic Family Services Peel-Dufferin and the lead of the Safe Centre of Peel, which offers services to victims of domestic violence.''