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Global 5.5-year sentence imposed for CSAM and extensive voyeurism offences.
The sentencing court addressed guilty pleas to possessing child pornography, making child pornography available, and three voyeurism counts arising from prolonged covert recordings in private domestic, workplace, and public settings.
Applying Criminal Code sentencing principles, the court gave primary weight to denunciation and deterrence, citing the scale of offending, serious and lasting victim harm, and significant aggravating features including sexualized degrading conduct and exploitation of highly private spaces.
The court also considered mitigation, including the guilty plea, remorse, expert evidence of rehabilitative potential and managed risk, lack of prior record, and harsh pre-trial custody conditions including extensive lockdowns, triple-bunking, and an in-custody assault.
A global sentence of 5.5 years less 733 days of credit was imposed, with ancillary DNA, SOIRA, s. 161, forfeiture, and s. 743.21 non-communication orders.
Imprisonment imposed for child pornography offences despite mitigating factors favoring conditional sentence
Sentencing for making child pornography available and possession of child pornography contrary to ss. 161.1(3) and 161.1(4) of the Criminal Code.
The offender uploaded 59 files depicting sexual exploitation of children to a chat platform to attract potential sexual partners.
Despite significant mitigating factors including guilty pleas, no prior record, genuine remorse, low recidivism risk, and strong rehabilitation prospects, the court declined a conditional sentence, holding that the gravity of the offences and the imperative of denunciation and deterrence precluded community-based disposition.
The court imposed 18 months imprisonment concurrent on both counts.
The court designated a repeat child pornography offender as a long-term offender, imposing an 8-year sentence and a 10-year supervision order.
The Ontario Court of Justice sentenced Christopher Green to 2 years' imprisonment followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order after he pleaded guilty to multiple child pornography offences and breaches of court orders.
The Crown sought an 8-year sentence plus ancillary orders including lifetime prohibitions under ss. 109, 161, DNA, and SOIRA.
The defence argued for time served with enhanced pre-trial credit and opposed the long-term supervision order.
The court found that Green's repeated offending, despite prior sentences and supervision, demonstrated a substantial risk of reoffending, driven by an underlying sexual preference for adolescent males and substance abuse issues.
The court applied the principles from R v Friesen and R v Pike to impose a denunciatory sentence reflecting the gravity of the offences and the harm to victims.
Enhanced pre-trial custody credit was granted due to harsh detention conditions.
The long-term supervision order was imposed for the maximum 10 years to ensure structured supervision and risk management in the community.
A first-time offender with mental health challenges was sentenced to a 12-month conditional sentence for arson.
The defendant, Jennifer Castillo, was sentenced for intentionally or recklessly causing a fire and willfully causing property damage over $5,000.
The court considered various reports, including a pre-sentence report and a forensic psychological assessment, and the defendant's compliance with bail.
The Crown sought an 18-month conditional sentence and 3 years probation, while the defendant proposed a 1-year conditional sentence and 2 years probation, emphasizing her mental health challenges and rehabilitation efforts.
The court imposed a 12-month conditional sentence (6 months house arrest, 6 months curfew) followed by 2 years probation, ordered a DNA sample, and stayed the mischief charge.
The Crown's request for GPS monitoring was denied.
A 25-year-old offender with mental health and substance abuse issues was sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment for a violent, unprovoked aggravated assault at a men's shelter.
The defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and breach of probation.
The assault occurred at a men's shelter where the defendant, aged 25, delivered 11 forceful punches to the head of a 54-year-old victim, followed by a kick to the prone victim's body.
The victim sustained multiple fractures to the nasal bones, sinus walls, and ribs, along with ongoing psychological trauma.
The defendant had a significant criminal history including three prior assault-with-weapon convictions and an extensive psychiatric history involving substance abuse, homelessness, and prior hospitalization.
The court imposed a sentence of 20 months' imprisonment with enhanced credit for pre-trial custody, resulting in 10 months to be served, followed by three years' probation with strict conditions.
