Victoria man sentenced to three years for jewelry store robbery, role in Oak Bay machete attack

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Christopher Standell had pleaded guilty in January to the July 19, 2017 robbery of a Fort Street jewelery store.

A Victoria man has been sentenced to three years in prison for his role in a violent armed robbery at Paul Mara Jewellers five years ago.

Crown prosecutor Joel Gold read an agreed statement of facts which revealed that Standell and another man walked into the jewelry store at 4:30 p.m., wearing coveralls, baseball caps, dust masks and sunglasses. Standell pulled a crowbar out of a duffel bag he was carrying. The second man carried a loaded handgun and a piece of wood, which he used to keep the door open for their escape.

The woman began to unlock a case on the wall. Standell, who had opened another case, scooped jewelry into the duffel bag. The man with the gun held it to the employee’s head and threatened to kill her if she didn’t open the cases. Standell told him to leave her alone and he picked up the magazine as he followed the other man out of the store. The two escaped on a motorcycle which was recovered two days later at a house on Belmont Avenue. Standell’s DNA was found on the rear right hand grip of the motorcycle.The prosecutor noted that Standell did not plan the robbery, have a firearm or make any threats. “It appears he was trying to modulate the conduct of his co-offender at the time.

Standell was picked up at 3:30 am. and went along for the ride in a borrowed car to Willows Beach on April 25. The driver parked in the 2000-block of Esplanade Road, told Standell he was going to steal from cars, then left carrying a machete. When they arrived, they were told to get the car out of there. Standell made arrangements to return the borrowed car.

 

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