Notorious gangster Jarrod Bacon has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to traffic cocaine earlier this year.
The 29-year-old will serve just over seven years, however, after receiving four years, 10 months credit for time already served behind bars.
Bacon, the middle brother in a trio of suspected gangsters, was convicted in February of agreeing to purchase 100 kilograms of cocaine from an undercover police agent back in 2009.
During sentencing Friday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen acknowledged that no drugs or cash had exchanged hands, but said the large quantity of cocaine in question was still cause for concern.
Cullen added that Bacon showed no remorse, offered little hope for rehabilitation and appeared "committed to a criminal lifestyle."
Crown had called for a 21-year sentence, noting that Bacon was on bail for a number of weapons offences when he was arrested -- though the Abbotsford gangster was eventually acquitted of those charges.
The defence argued that the botched drug deal posed little danger to the community and warranted only an eight-year sentence.
Bacon and his former father-in-law, Wayne Scott, were arrested in August 2009 after a lengthy sting operation. Both men were recorded negotiating the deal over the phone, with Bacon assuring the police agent that he had a broker funding the transaction.
The infamous gangster took the stand in his own defence in January, admitting to being an Oxycontin, cocaine and marijuana user at the time of the bust.
He claimed he had planned to punch out the agent when he arrived and steal around 10 kilograms of cocaine, but never intended to pay for any drugs.
Police have linked Bacon and his brothers to the Red Scorpion gang in Abbotsford. The eldest, Jonathan, was killed last summer in a shooting in Kelowna. Jamie, the youngest Bacon, is currently in jail awaiting trial in the Surrey Six slayings from 2007.
