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A young man who accidentally blew off his hand when his pipe bomb exploded did exactly what the judge in his case suggested — he made a YouTube video that graphically showed the consequences.

“No matter how ‘safe’ you think it may be, it’s not,” Dylan Ernest Gibson, 22, wrote in the 46-second video that contains three photos of his left hand after he lost all his fingers in an Oct. 11, 2013, explosion. “It is very dangerous. I am thankful and lucky that it was only my hand but it could easily have been my arm, face or even killed me.”

Gibson posted the video online a week ago and then his lawyer sent the web address to Judge Albert Lavoie, who was in the process of deciding on Gibson’s sentence.

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Gibson was charged after a pipe bomb he was constructing exploded in his parent’s garage. He had stuffed a pipe full of match heads and capped it off, with the intention of detonating it in a field so he and three friends could see how big the explosion was.

When Gibson realized he’d forgotten to insert a fuse, he started drilling a hole in the pipe, causing the explosion. He lost his left hand and his friend Aaron Stonehouse was injured by shrapnel.

During sentencing arguments last month in Saskatoon provincial court, Lavoie said the most important consideration was to get the message out about the dangers of homemade explosives and suggested that since Gibson got the idea of constructing a match-head pipe bomb from a Mythbusters video that’s also available online, maybe Gibson should make a video of his own.

“I looked at it,” Lavoie said in court Tuesday, referring to Gibson’s video. “It wasn’t pretty, but I think it was an honest message.”

At the start of sentencing Tuesday morning, Lavoie said he was “inclined” to grant a conditional discharge — a sentence that would leave Gibson without a criminal record if he successfully complied with its conditions — but wasn’t able to under the law. Gibson pleaded guilty to breaching his legal duty of care towards an explosive and causing bodily harm, which carries a minimum sentence of probation.

However, Lavoie noted he hadn’t yet accepted Gibson’s guilty plea to the explosives charge and that a plea to criminal negligence would allow a discharge to be granted.

The case was adjourned to the afternoon, at which point Crown prosecutor Janet McIvor withdrew the original charge and presented a new one of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. She said she had spoken with the investigating police officer, who “was in agreement” with the new charge, although the police and Crown’s concerns remained about how Gibson and his three friends could all have been seriously injured or killed in the explosion.

Gibson pleaded guilty to the new criminal negligence charge, and Lavoie proceeded to impose a one-year conditional discharge, during which Gibson must perform 30 hours of community service.

“I think what’s primary here is the fact that what you did was so incredibly dangerous,” Lavoie said. “In fact, though you’re the one living with the consequences, it’s lucky no one was killed.”

Gibson and his parents, through his lawyer Richard Gabruch, declined to speak with media. Gabruch said the outcome was appropriate and the judge had put a lot of thought into it.

“The result is what we hoped,” Gabruch said.

Gibson’s video can be found at http://youtu.be/v4pXTLg2TUU

Submitted on 02/07/2014

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Reference: Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Feb. 4, 2014, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

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>> Moderator Scores <<

Candi said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
Sorry, morons with explosives are far too common today. Thanks anyway, and submit again!


Bruce said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
As Candi said. We get lots of stories involving idiots making their own explosives as well as idiots doing all sorts of things with fireworks, flammable materials, etc. Thanks just the same.


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