Dangerous offender who abused wife has indefinite sentence set aside
The B.C. Court of Appeal has upheld a dangerous-offender designation for a man convicted of repeated offences against his former wife, but has set aside his indeterminate jail sentence.
In May 2016, a Provincial Court judge declared Safa Malakpour a dangerous offender following offences committed against his former wife, Fariba Safaei-Chalaksara, that included criminal harassment, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and kidnapping.
Court heard that Malakpour, 60, married his wife
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