OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will review the case of a man who received a sentence to be served under house arrest for illegal handgun possession.

Terrell Burke-Whittaker was at a Toronto restaurant in June 2020 when someone in a parked car began shooting into a lot behind the building.

Burke-Whittaker pulled a gun from a satchel and fired a shot in the general direction of the vehicle before fleeing.

Burke-Whittaker turned himself in following a police investigation and later pleaded guilty to a Criminal Code charge of illegal firearm possession.

An Ontario judge cited Burke-Whittaker's remorse and efforts to turn his life around in handing him a conditional sentence of two years less a day, to be followed by three years' probation with strict conditions.

A majority of the On

See Full Page