The Crown appealed the accused's acquittals for child luring and obtaining sexual services from a minor.
The trial judge had excluded text messages found on the minor complainant's phone, ruling that the accused had a reasonable expectation of privacy in those messages.
The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and ordered a new trial, holding that the accused had no reasonable expectation of privacy in text messages sent to a minor to facilitate sexual offences, particularly where the messages were voluntarily provided to police by the minor and her parent.
