Lucas John Azzopardi

The accused, Ahnaf Alvee, faced nine charges related to his former girlfriend, C.M., including assault, mischief, theft, sexual assault, and breach of undertaking.

The central issue was credibility.

The court found C.M. to be a credible and reliable witness, while largely rejecting Mr. Alvee's testimony.

Mr. Alvee was acquitted of assault by choking and assault in the lobby, but convicted of mischief (damaged eyeglasses), assault (grabbing cheeks), theft of a cellphone, sexual assault in a stairwell, and three counts of failing to comply with an undertaking.

The appellant, Richard Jackman, appealed his conviction for criminal harassment, uttering threats, and attempted extortion, as well as his dangerous offender designation and indeterminate sentence.

The appeal raised issues regarding the rejection of his not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder (NCR) defense, the consideration of treatability at the dangerous offender designation stage, and the imposition of an indeterminate sentence.

The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal, finding that the trial judge correctly applied the legal tests, reasonably rejected the NCR defense, properly considered treatability in the dangerous offender analysis, and reasonably imposed an indeterminate sentence given the appellant's poor prospects for treatability and risk to the public.