A 13-year-old Surrey boy who brought a loaded handgun to his school has been dealt a six-month “custodial sentence served in the community” to be followed by six months probation.
The boy, whose identity is shielded by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to possessing a loaded restricted firearm without holding a licence.
Surrey provincial court Judge Satinder Sidhu found that while he “exercised extremely poor decision-making and judgment, there is no evidence that he had any malicious intent or nefarious purpose in taking the gun to school.