The appellant was convicted of indecent assault and buggery.
The trial judge admitted similar fact evidence but found each count proved beyond a reasonable doubt before analyzing that evidence.
The Court of Appeal upheld the convictions.
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal, applying the curative proviso in s. 686(1)(b)(iii) of the Criminal Code, finding that a properly instructed jury could not reasonably have come to a different conclusion if the similar fact evidence had not been admitted.
