VANCOUVER — The B.C. Court of Appeal says an Australian-born permanent resident who stabbed a man in Surrey, B.C., last year was given too light a sentence by a judge who improperly considered the immigration-related consequences of a prison term.

The court ruling released Friday says Jae Won Lee was given a conditional sentence of two years less a day after pleading guilty to aggravated assault and possession of a dangerous weapon in connection with a man's March 2024 stabbing outside a social housing complex.

A wound in the man's arm needed stitches, and he was stapled 50 times from his groin to his chest to help heal a stomach injury after the stabbing.

On Friday, the court replaced Lee's conditional sentence order with a 42-month prison term, less time served, saying the lower court

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