Another court sentencing, another criminal getting a discount due to “inhumane” conditions at the Toronto South Detention Centre.
It’s the rule these days, rather than the exception. And despite judge after judge admonishing the province for the abysmal conditions in its detention centres , nothing is done.
This time the winner is Daniel Bustamante-Garzon, a 22-year-old here on an international student visa, who pleaded guilty last month to a violent home invasion of Toronto artist Abraham Reyes. He and his fellow robbers were looking for the 27.65 kg Giga Pearl, the largest natural pearl in the world valued at a whopping $140 million.
Unfortunately for the thieves, Reyes’ prized possession wasn’t kept at his home. Instead, they had to settle with $6 million in gems and other loot —