Serial Richmond thief sentenced to jail and probation

A serial mail thief who broke into various Richmond apartment towers was sentenced to 420 days in jail, in addition to 18 months of probation.

Kristopher Richard Mino appeared by video in Richmond Provincial Courtroom on Friday to receive his sentence, soon after he experienced expressed regret for his actions to the court docket on Tuesday.

Mino pleaded responsible on Might 25, 2022 to a catalogue of prices which incorporated breaking and coming into, and thieving mail from 7031 Blundell Highway, near Gilbert Street, and the Centre Pointe condominium sophisticated on 8811 to 8871 Lansdowne Road, near Backyard City Lands.

Crown counsel and defence introduced their arguments for Mino’s sentence on Tuesday, and the sentencing was adjourned to today.

In sentencing Mino, Judge Derek Mah asked Mino to make his mom and daughter very pleased.

Mah took into account submissions from both sides, and made a decision that the sentence proposed by defence was “most correct in these situation.”

Even though Mah considered Mino’s offences to be “pretty serious,” he questioned the effectiveness of a lengthier sentence. At the time of sentencing, Mino had by now served 267 days in custody.

As a section of his probation circumstances, Mino is essential to live at a procedure centre for a least six months right after currently being unveiled from custody.

Mino is also requested to pay a great for driving whilst prohibited.