The defendant, aged 19 at the time of the alleged offences, was charged with seven counts of sexual offences against a 13-year-old complainant over a period from April 1 to May 3, 2018.
The Crown proceeded by summary conviction.
The defendant was arraigned on charges of sexual assault, sexual interference, invitation to sexual touching, exposing genital organs, accessing child pornography, and two counts of communicating with a minor to facilitate sexual offences.
The Crown conceded insufficient evidence on two counts.
Following a trial involving videotaped evidence from child witnesses and extensive cross-examination, the court found the defendant guilty on five counts after rejecting his denials based on substantive credibility problems and corroborating evidence from multiple witnesses.
