B. Willitts

The accused was charged with sexual assault, break and enter, and being unlawfully in a dwelling house after breaking into a stranger's apartment and sexually assaulting her.

The accused claimed he was in a dissociative state due to bereavement, lack of sleep, lack of food, and alcohol consumption, leading him to mistakenly believe he was in his childhood home in Casablanca with his fiancée.

The court emphatically rejected the accused's testimony as incredible and implausible.

The court found no air of reality to the mistake of fact defence, noting that self-induced intoxication short of automatism is not a defence to general intent crimes like sexual assault.

The accused was found guilty on all counts.

The accused, a transgender woman, was charged with assault with a weapon, multiple counts of assault with intent to resist arrest, mischief, and breach of probation following an altercation outside a store and her subsequent arrest.

The accused brought a Charter application alleging excessive use of force by police under sections 7 and 12.

The court reviewed extensive body-worn camera footage and civilian testimony, rejecting the accused's claims of self-defence and police brutality.

The court found the police used reasonable and proportionate force to effect a lawful arrest against an actively resisting individual.

The accused was found guilty on all counts except one count of assaulting a police officer.