The Crown appealed the respondent's acquittals on charges of sexual assault, incest, and human trafficking against his biological daughter.
The trial judge had acquitted the respondent based on reasonable doubt arising from material inconsistencies in the complainant's evidence and reliability concerns related to her hallucinations, delusions, and heavy street drug use.
On appeal, the Crown argued the trial judge relied on myths and stereotypes about mental illness and assessed the evidence piecemeal.
The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding the trial judge's reliability concerns were grounded in case-specific evidence, not stereotypes, and that he properly assessed the evidence as a whole.
