Judge-alone criminal trial on historical allegations of sexual assault and sexual touching of a child under 16 arising from alleged incidents in a shared household.
The court applied the W.(D.) framework and rejected the accused's blanket denial, but nonetheless found that the totality of the evidence left a reasonable doubt, particularly given the circumstances of the alleged incidents, the prior partial disclosure evidence, and reliability concerns arising from the complainant's later use of the allegation during a separate confrontation.
The Crown therefore failed to prove either count beyond a reasonable doubt.
The accused was acquitted on both charges.
