Vancouver Stanley Cup rioter gets 17 months in jail

February 16, 2012

Ryan Dickinson has been sentenced to 17 months in jail for his part in the Vancouver Stanley Cup riot of June 15, 2011.

The sentence was handed down Thursday in Vancouver.

Crown prosecutors had asked the court for a sentence as long as 18 months because Dickinson, who was 20 at the time of the incident, was on bail in connection with an assault charge when he threw a newspaper box onto a police car windshield and later smashed a clothing store window.

To date, a total of 350 charges have been recommended against 125 accused. The Crown has approved 129 criminal charges against 47 of the suspected rioters. Read more