The court sentenced Ryan Turgeon, a former high school teacher, to three years’ imprisonment for making sexually explicit materials available to a child and for child luring, contrary to the Criminal Code.
The decision reviews the facts, the positions of the parties, the impact on the victim, and the aggravating and mitigating factors.
The court applies the Supreme Court’s guidance in R. v. Friesen and the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in R. v. M.V. to situate the sentence within the evolving range for such offences, emphasizing the breach of trust, the vulnerability of the victim, and the need for denunciation and deterrence.
