Christina Lee Croteau

The applicant sought a bail review after being detained on charges including drug trafficking, possession of proceeds of crime, and fleeing police.

She was arrested while on release for similar offences.

The reviewing judge found no new admissible evidence to justify a review, noting that opinions from a judicial pre-trial are privileged and not evidence.

The court also found no errors of law or inappropriate reasoning in the justice of the peace's decision to detain the applicant on the secondary and tertiary grounds.

The bail review application was dismissed.

The applicant, who was placed on the sex offender registry for 20 years in 2006, applied to have his name removed and reporting requirements terminated after receiving a pardon under the Criminal Records Act.

The court dismissed the application, finding that the applicant failed to meet the burden of proving that the impact of continued registration was grossly disproportionate to the public interest in protecting society.

The court noted that while the applicant experienced fear and anxiety about potential stigmatization, this was common to anyone required to report, and did not outweigh the investigative purpose of the registry.

The offender pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography after distributing intimate images of his 16-year-old former girlfriend to her mother and a hockey team administrator out of spite.

The Crown sought 18 months of custody, while the defence requested a conditional sentence.

The court imposed a 12-month conditional sentence followed by 12 months of probation, noting the offender's youth, lack of prior record, remorse, and the situational nature of the offence.

The Crown's request for a section 161 prohibition order was denied as there was no evidence the offender posed a general risk to children.

The accused was charged with impaired care or control of a motor vehicle and failure or refusal to provide a breath sample.

The Crown's evidence established that the accused was found intoxicated in the driver's seat of his vehicle, which was stuck in a snowbank at a bar parking lot.

The accused's defence relied on alleged cognitive impairment from a beating he received the previous day in New Liskeard.

The court rejected the accused's credibility, finding his selective memory and lack of corroborating evidence problematic.

The court found the accused guilty on both charges, determining that he had failed to rebut the presumption of impaired care or control and that his refusal to provide a breath sample was deliberate and intentional.