Sentencing for sexual interference and two counts of invitation to sexual touching arising from three sexual encounters between an adult business owner and a 13-year-old complainant.
The court held that denunciation and deterrence were the primary sentencing objectives under the Criminal Code and applied the Supreme Court's guidance in Friesen to reject a low reformatory sentence.
Significant aggravating factors included the complainant's age, the profound age difference, repeated offences over several weeks, the high degree of bodily violation, and the offender's criminal record and poor compliance history.
The court imposed a global penitentiary sentence of 4 years and 10 months, with concurrent terms on the invitation counts, and made DNA, SOIRA, no-contact, and weapons prohibition orders, but declined a s. 161 order.
