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CALGARY — Alleged FOB gang member Yee Hung (Roland) Chin is not a lost cause, despite being handed a seven-year prison sentence for possessing a loaded handgun found in his vehicle 18 months ago, a judge said on Friday.
Van de Veen, noting the offender had been out of prison car rental anchorage ak for only a year after serving five years for similar weapons and drug offences, gave him six years for possessing the .40-calibre handgun found under the hood of a Cadillac Escalade car rental anchorage ak he was driving in June 2011.
Crown prosecutor Shane Parker had argued for a total sentence of eight years. car rental anchorage ak Defence lawyer Michael Bates, who had his bid for a mistrial earlier dismissed, had sought six years. Both included a year for the breach of court order.
"A further aggravating factor in this case is that the firearm was found in the engine cavity of his vehicle in a condition which was ready for lethal use at the time the police seized his vehicle," said Van de Veen.
"The firearm was a handgun with a bullet in the chamber, ready for use, and a magazine car rental anchorage ak with five additional rounds. The serial number on the gun had been removed and it was wrapped in a latex glove, butt end up in a cardboard box, in a condition which allowed it to be easily retrieved for immediate use."
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