William McDonald, convicted of setting a pimp on fire in a dramatic downtown London, Ont. explosion, didn’t really know what else to say to the judge.
They met and hopped into Leadston’s car. McDonald doused Leadston with the gas and pulled out the lighter as he got into the passenger seat. Leadston jumped on McDonald and started punching him. McDonald testified that Leadston’s weight pressed the torch lighter’s button, igniting the gas vapours.
Leadston was called to testify at the trial but said he didn’t remember anything. Last summer, he was sentenced to four years in prison for drug trafficking in three substances, including carfentanil, an opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, and to time served, the equivalent of two years in custody, for human trafficking.Article content
After he was arrested, McDonald was in custody for 16 days with serious burns before he was released on strict house-arrest-style bail conditions that allowed him out of his home only if he was with a surety, a condition he has followed without an issue. A curfew restriction was lifted in August 2020.Article content
But Campbell said that though the case is unusual, the core facts aren’t odd. McDonald’s decisions weren’t logical or practical, and put the public at risk. A jail sentence plus two years of probation is needed, Campbell argued.
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