Does the sentence of the accused who pleaded guilty to counselling to commit kidnapping and extortion need to be concurrent with the offence of extortion?

Extortion, the second offence to which the accused pleaded guilty, itself a serious offence, need not attract a consecutive sentence, particularly where the crimes amount to a single transaction: Regina v. Mulvahill and Snelgrove, supra, at para 38, 46. In Regina v. Grossman, supra, at para.6, the court stated: It is clear that the counselling to commit kidnapping and the counselling to commit extortion took place on separate occasions and involved different potential victims. Accordingly, the sentences were appropriately consecutive.