The offender was convicted of two counts of sexual assault against an intimate partner, a transgender refugee claimant.
The assaults included digital penetration and unwanted touching.
The Crown sought a 22-month custodial sentence, while the defence sought a conditional sentence order.
The court weighed the serious aggravating factors of intimate partner violence and victim vulnerability against the offender's youth, mental health challenges, and significant rehabilitative efforts.
The court imposed a 24-month conditional sentence order, finding that incarceration would have severe collateral consequences on the offender's mental health and stability.
