The accused was charged with multiple offences arising from a series of alleged domestic assaults against his spouse over a two‑year period, including assault, assault with a weapon, uttering threats to cause death, sexual assault, and unlawful confinement.
The case turned primarily on credibility assessments between the complainant and the accused, with supporting testimony from a family member and a community counsellor, as well as medical and documentary evidence.
The court applied the principles from R. v. W.(D.) in assessing the accused’s testimony and emphasized that the burden of proof remained on the Crown.
After rejecting the accused’s evidence as not credible and accepting the complainant’s evidence as reliable and internally consistent, the court found the Crown had proven each count beyond a reasonable doubt.
