Sentencing decision following convictions for multiple historical sexual offences against a child relative committed over three distinct incidents.
The court treated denunciation, general deterrence, and separation from society as the paramount sentencing objectives, while considering the offender's Gladue factors and Aboriginal background.
The offences involved repeated sexual touching, invitation to sexual touching, oral sex, digital anal penetration, and anal rape of a child between six and ten years old, coupled with a breach of trust by an adult family member.
The court held that the gravity of the offences warranted a penitentiary sentence notwithstanding the offender's personal and community supports, and imposed a global sentence of eight years plus ancillary orders.
