Sentencing for multiple sexual offences against children, including two counts of sexual interference, one count of sexual exploitation, four counts of making child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography.
The offender, in a position of trust as stepfather, sexually abused two stepdaughters over a period exceeding six years, commencing when the victims were 9 and 11 years of age.
The abuse escalated in severity and frequency and included video-recording of the sexual assaults.
The court applied the principles from R. v. Friesen, 2020 SCC 9, prioritizing denunciation and deterrence as paramount sentencing objectives, and considered the significant aggravating factors including breach of trust, duration and frequency of offending, the creation of child sexual abuse material, and the severe impact on the victims.
A global sentence of 16 years imprisonment less enhanced pre-sentence custody credit was imposed, along with ancillary orders including lifetime SOIRA, DNA order, firearms prohibition, s. 161 order, and non-communication order.
