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An Ottawa woman found guilty in a string of violent robberies was sentenced five-and-a-half years for her role in one of the crimes, where a Vanier man was lured from a bar, then robbed and beaten by two accomplices.
Laura Brahaney, 28, will serve a total of 26 months in prison after Justice Marc Labrosse sentenced Brahaney Wednesday, and ruled on the credit she will get for time already served since her Sept. 2014 arrest.
The judge said Brahaney’s role in the robbery “was more than that of an innocent driver.”
Brahaney and Hibanura Ali met with the victim on Sept. 13, 2014 at the Newfoundland Pub on Montreal Road. After finishing some drinks, the three left the bar in Brahaney’s SUV. Two male accomplices emerged from the trunk and beat the man at knifepoint as Brahaney drove to a wooded area. The men coerced the victim to give up his bank card and PIN, and left him in a parking lot with five fractures around his eye while the group attempted to withdraw cash.
The victim told court he still suffers panic attacks and fears going outside. He filed a victim impact statement describing his nightmares, and the pain he experiences in his back and head since the attack.
“She was a planner and organizer to the robbery, she participated as the driver and made no attempt to limit or discourage the acts of violence,” the judge said, after a jury found Brahaney guilty in March 2017 of robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Her accomplice Ali was sentenced six months less a day for robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery for her part in the scheme.
Brahaney was also found guilty, but has yet to be sentenced, in a separate jury trial for her role in another violent robbery in which an intellectually disabled man was lured on social media before he was blindfolded, beaten and confined to a dog cage for 24 hours in Brahaney’s basement. In that case, a ransom demand was made of the victim’s family.
Crown prosecutor Matthew Geigen-Miller called the crimes a co-ordinated pattern of violence over a 10-day period in the summer of 2014.
In the Vanier case, the Crown argued for a sentence of eight to nine years for kidnapping, while Brahaney’s defence lawyer, Michael Smith, called for no jail time and two years of probation after credit for time served.
Justice Labrosse ruled the penalty should fall in the range of four to six years for a case that was “not a classic kidnaping for ransom … the kidnapping developed as part of the robbery, there was a short period of confinement, Ms. Brahaney was not an active participant in the aggravated assault and there was no ransom.”
The judge said Brahaney set up the meeting with the intention to rob the victim, conspired with her co-accused to lure the victim and “was at least a party to the kidnapping.”
The judge filed his decision as an exhibit in the event its rulings are used in future sentencing decisions. Brahaney awaits sentencing after a guilty verdict in a related trial.
Justice Labrosse described Brahaney as a “model resident” of an Ottawa halfway house, according to the Elizabeth Fry Society, and said she is “motivated to care for her daughter,” who has been cared for by Brahaney’s mother.
“She has demonstrated some limited insight in the gravity of these offences but not to her role in them,” the judge said. “Ms. Brahaney has not taken any significant steps towards her rehabilitation as she has not assumed much responsibility for her involvement in the crimes.”
Brahaney was sentenced five-and-a-half years for kidnapping, with a 22-month sentence for robbery and conspiracy to be served concurrently. Charges of aggravated assault were stayed.
Brahaney was credited for 25 months for pre-trial custody and an additional 15 months for time served under restrictive bail conditions, leaving a net sentence of 26 months.
The judge ordered a lifetime weapons ban, a DNA sample, and an order to avoid communicating with the victim and the co-accused in the case.
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Laura Brahaney, 28, will serve a total of 26 months in prison after Justice Marc Labrosse sentenced Brahaney Wednesday, and ruled on the credit she will get for time already served since her Sept. 2014 arrest.
The judge said Brahaney’s role in the robbery “was more than that of an innocent driver.”
Brahaney and Hibanura Ali met with the victim on Sept. 13, 2014 at the Newfoundland Pub on Montreal Road. After finishing some drinks, the three left the bar in Brahaney’s SUV. Two male accomplices emerged from the trunk and beat the man at knifepoint as Brahaney drove to a wooded area. The men coerced the victim to give up his bank card and PIN, and left him in a parking lot with five fractures around his eye while the group attempted to withdraw cash.
The victim told court he still suffers panic attacks and fears going outside. He filed a victim impact statement describing his nightmares, and the pain he experiences in his back and head since the attack.
“She was a planner and organizer to the robbery, she participated as the driver and made no attempt to limit or discourage the acts of violence,” the judge said, after a jury found Brahaney guilty in March 2017 of robbery, aggravated assault, kidnapping and conspiracy to commit robbery.
Her accomplice Ali was sentenced six months less a day for robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery for her part in the scheme.
Brahaney was also found guilty, but has yet to be sentenced, in a separate jury trial for her role in another violent robbery in which an intellectually disabled man was lured on social media before he was blindfolded, beaten and confined to a dog cage for 24 hours in Brahaney’s basement. In that case, a ransom demand was made of the victim’s family.
Crown prosecutor Matthew Geigen-Miller called the crimes a co-ordinated pattern of violence over a 10-day period in the summer of 2014.
In the Vanier case, the Crown argued for a sentence of eight to nine years for kidnapping, while Brahaney’s defence lawyer, Michael Smith, called for no jail time and two years of probation after credit for time served.
Justice Labrosse ruled the penalty should fall in the range of four to six years for a case that was “not a classic kidnaping for ransom … the kidnapping developed as part of the robbery, there was a short period of confinement, Ms. Brahaney was not an active participant in the aggravated assault and there was no ransom.”
The judge said Brahaney set up the meeting with the intention to rob the victim, conspired with her co-accused to lure the victim and “was at least a party to the kidnapping.”
The judge filed his decision as an exhibit in the event its rulings are used in future sentencing decisions. Brahaney awaits sentencing after a guilty verdict in a related trial.
Justice Labrosse described Brahaney as a “model resident” of an Ottawa halfway house, according to the Elizabeth Fry Society, and said she is “motivated to care for her daughter,” who has been cared for by Brahaney’s mother.
“She has demonstrated some limited insight in the gravity of these offences but not to her role in them,” the judge said. “Ms. Brahaney has not taken any significant steps towards her rehabilitation as she has not assumed much responsibility for her involvement in the crimes.”
Brahaney was sentenced five-and-a-half years for kidnapping, with a 22-month sentence for robbery and conspiracy to be served concurrently. Charges of aggravated assault were stayed.
Brahaney was credited for 25 months for pre-trial custody and an additional 15 months for time served under restrictive bail conditions, leaving a net sentence of 26 months.
The judge ordered a lifetime weapons ban, a DNA sample, and an order to avoid communicating with the victim and the co-accused in the case.
ahelmer@postmedia.com
Twitter.com/helmera
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