This is a sentencing decision for Gordon Edwards, who pleaded guilty to four sexual offences against two minor victims (aged 12 and 15).
The Crown sought a six-year sentence, while the defence proposed three years.
The court emphasized the principles of denunciation and deterrence as primary in cases of sexual violence against children, citing R. v. Friesen.
Despite the offender's rehabilitative efforts and guilty plea, the court imposed a five-year global sentence, comprising three years for offences against one victim and two years consecutively for offences against the other, along with various lifetime and long-term prohibitions and registration requirements.
