The offender was sentenced after convictions for prolonged sexual exploitation and sexual assault of a highly vulnerable teenage complainant by her stepfather over more than a year.
The court applied the Kienapple principle to stay two sexual assault counts that overlapped with corresponding sexual exploitation counts, then held that denunciation and deterrence were the primary sentencing objectives under the Criminal Code, particularly given the abuse of a person under 18 and abuse of a position of trust.
Relying on Ontario Court of Appeal authorities addressing prolonged sexual abuse by adults in authority, the court found a penitentiary term well above the minimum range was warranted but rejected the Crown's request for eight years as disproportionate on parity grounds.
A global concurrent sentence of six years was imposed, together with pre-sentence credit, lifetime sex offender registration, a DNA order, weapons prohibition, no-contact order, and victim surcharges.
