A Regina man has been designated a long-term offender and sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted in a string of robberies in 2011.
With time for credit on remand, Timothy Parisian, who also goes by the last name Harmen, will serve a further six years and nine months in jail.
When he’s released into the community, Harmen will be subject to a long-term supervision order for a period of 10 years.
That sentence was jointly proposed by the Crown and defence after Harmen pleaded guilty to robbery charges stemming from three separate incidents in as many days in August 2011.
In the first incident, Harmen held up a convenience store on Ninth Avenue North while armed with a steak knife. He also robbed two banks, one on Sherwood Drive and the other on Fifth Avenue, while claiming to be carrying a gun.
In a statement to police, Harmen said he committed the robberies to support his cocaine addiction.
The Crown argued that any one of the three robberies constituted a serious personal injury offence, and sought to have Harmen labelled as a dangerous or long-term offender.
In her decision Monday, Queen’s Bench Justice Lian Schwann pointed to a psychiatric report that concluded Harmen is a high risk to reoffend.
She noted Harmen has a lengthy criminal history and has spent much of his adult life behind bars.
Schwann said the long-term offender sentence represents Harmen’s best chance to deal with his issues and rehabilitate.
“Don’t come back to this court again,” Schwann told Harmen after handing down the sentence. “It’s not that I don’t want to see you, just not in this setting.”
