The appellant appealed his summary conviction for sexual assault and his sentence of a nine-month conditional sentence followed by 15 months of probation.
The offences involved a 14 or 15-year-old former counselling client.
The appellant argued the trial judge erred in assessing the complainant's credibility, applying the principles in W.(D.), and finding the conduct amounted to sexual assault.
The Summary Conviction Appeal Court dismissed the conviction appeal, finding the trial judge's credibility findings reasonable and his application of the law correct.
The sentence appeal was also dismissed, as the sentence was not demonstrably unfit and a discharge was contrary to the public interest.
