Following a judge-alone criminal trial subject to a publication ban, the court convicted the accused of sexual assault causing bodily harm, sexual exploitation, incest, making child pornography, possession of child pornography, and threatening bodily harm arising from prolonged sexual abuse of his daughter between ages 15 and 17.
The court relied heavily on expert DNA evidence establishing that the accused was the biological father of the complainant’s child and rejected speculative alternative theories.
The court also accepted expert cellphone extraction evidence proving that sexually explicit photographs of the complainant were made and stored on the accused’s phone.
Applying the W.(D.) credibility framework and Villaroman principles for circumstantial evidence, the court found the complainant credible, rejected the accused’s denials, and entered convictions on all counts.
