Following a jury conviction for two counts of sexual interference, the court sentenced the offender for repeated sexual abuse of two young children committed over several years while standing in positions of parental and grandparental trust.
Applying the principles in child-sexual-offence sentencing, the court emphasized denunciation, deterrence, profound actual and foreseeable harm, the abuse of trust, the multiplicity of incidents, and the vulnerability of the victims.
The court held that consecutive sentences were required because the offences involved two separate victims, but applied totality to fix an overall fit sentence of nine years' imprisonment.
Ancillary orders including no-contact, child-protection, SOIRA, DNA, and weapons prohibition orders were also imposed.
