The offender was sentenced after pleading guilty to sexual interference against a minor child contrary to section 151 of the Criminal Code.
The court treated denunciation and deterrence as paramount, while also considering rehabilitation and restraint in light of significant mental health history, remorse, and very low assessed risk of sexual reoffending.
Aggravating factors included repeated abuse over several months, gross breach of parental trust, the child’s vulnerability, and severe family harm.
The defence sought a reformatory term of two years less a day with probation, while the Crown sought four years.
The court imposed a penitentiary sentence of 42 months with consent ancillary orders.
