Both sides presented their final arguments Monday, as the sentencing hearing for the man who admitted to taking several people hostage in the downtown WCB building two years ago entered its final days.
The sentences differed by several years – with the Crown proposing a global sentence of 14 years minus time already served, which would mean Clayton would spend ten more years in prison.
"His conduct was patently dangerous," Crown prosecutor Lisa Tchir told the court Monday. "Deterrence and denunciation should be paramount"
The defence asked for two more years less a day in prison, followed by three years probation.
Clayton's defence lawyer Arnold Piragoff said Clayton would do better with counseling, and not a long-term sentence.
The accused pleaded guilty to three of eighteen charges laid against him in early November, before the sentencing hearing began.
The charges stem from a ten hour standoff and hostage-taking that took place in October of 2009 in the Workers' Compensation Board building downtown.
The accused plead guilty to pointing a firearm, use of a firearm to take hostages and having a prohibited weapon in his possession.
The judge will make his decision Tuesday afternoon.
With files from David Ewasuk
