The defendant, M.C., was sentenced for sexual offences against an 11-year-old victim (TS), where he abused a position of trust.
The Crown sought a custodial sentence of 2 years less a day, while the defence sought a conditional sentence or 1 year.
Applying the principles from R. v. Friesen, which mandates increased sentences for child sexual offences and emphasizes denunciation and deterrence, the court rejected a conditional sentence.
M.C. was sentenced to 15 months incarceration, along with a 3-year probation order, DNA order, 10-year s. 161 order, 20-year SOIRA order, and a lifetime weapons prohibition.
