Justice Brewer issued a warning for Gunning: "You are not bullet-proof, you are a Head Hunter. They are about major drugs and sometimes violence. Do you want to be in a situation in a couple of years where a judge says 10 years?"
The three men were the only ones of nine gang members found guilty of any of the more than 100 charges laid following the businessman's alleged kidnapping at the beginning of 2015. The other six were acquitted following a month-long trial last year.
The Crown claimed the gang kidnapped the businessman and his young employee and attempted to extort cars and properties from the businessman after he slept with Dwyer's partner.