The appellant, a public school teacher, was convicted of sexual assault, sexual exploitation, sexual assault with a weapon, and uttering death threats against a former student.
He appealed his convictions, alleging errors in the jury instructions regarding reasonable doubt, the Vetrovec warning, and his failure to testify, as well as the admission of the complainant's videotaped statement.
The appellant also sought to introduce fresh evidence and argued he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial lawyer allegedly prevented him from testifying.
The Crown appealed the four-year sentence as manifestly unfit.
The Court of Appeal dismissed all appeals, finding no reversible errors in the trial judge's instructions, rejecting the fresh evidence and ineffective assistance claims, and deferring to the trial judge's sentence.
