NOVA SCOTIA CRIME FIGURE DEEMED DANGEROUS OFFENDER

One of the most notorious crime figures in Nova Scotia has been declared a dangerous offender. Jimmy Melvin Jr. was handed an indeterminate sentence Monday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, where the presiding judge described him as a “real and present danger” to the public. In a written decision, Justice Peter rosinski noted that the Crown had highlighted 23 violent crimes committed by Melvin, starting in 1995 when he was 15 years old. The Crown argued that for the next 25 years, Melvin had engaged in a pattern of threatening and violent behaviour. The 38-year-old offender has been serving time since July 2015, when he was arrested for the attempted murder of rival gangster Terry Marriott Jr. on dec. 2, 2008.