The offender was convicted of child luring and obtaining sexual services from a person under 18 after communicating with an undercover police officer posing as a 14-year-old escort.
At sentencing, the court applied the Kienapple principle to stay one of the luring counts.
The court then considered a Charter challenge to the one-year mandatory minimum sentence under s. 172.1(2)(a) of the Criminal Code.
Finding that the mandatory minimum would result in a grossly disproportionate sentence in reasonably foreseeable circumstances, the court struck it down under s. 12 of the Charter.
The offender was sentenced to 7 months' imprisonment concurrent on the remaining counts, reflecting his youth, rehabilitation prospects, and lack of prior record.
