The accused was convicted of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching of a 14-year-old complainant over a three-month period in 2016.
The offences involved multiple instances of sexual touching, both over and under clothing, occurring in the accused's motor vehicle.
A count of sexual assault was conditionally stayed under the Kienapple principle.
At sentencing, the Crown sought 18 months custody (12 months for sexual interference, 6 months for invitation to sexual touching, consecutive), while the defence sought 90 days concurrent, served intermittently.
The court imposed a 9-month concurrent custodial sentence, emphasizing the need for denunciation and deterrence given the youth of the victim, breach of trust, multiple occurrences, and significant impact on the complainant.
