Mr. Christopher Presswood

The court imposed an indeterminate sentence on the offender following his designation as a dangerous offender.

The offender had sexually assaulted and forcibly confined a 23-year-old victim in April 2017.

He had a significant criminal history including prior sexual offences against children and adults.

Two psychiatrists provided evidence regarding risk assessment, treatability, and management prospects.

The court found that neither a conventional determinate sentence nor a determinate sentence with long-term supervision would adequately protect the public, given the offender's chronic dangerousness, lack of insight, minimization of responsibility, sexual deviance, and poor treatment outcomes despite multiple prior interventions.

The Crown applied to designate the accused as a dangerous offender following his guilty plea to sexual assault and forcible confinement.

The accused argued that his future treatment prospects were compelling and that a Long-Term Offender Supervision Order would be appropriate.

The court found that the accused's pattern of sexual violence over a 17-year period, his persistent denial of responsibility, his anti-social personality traits, and his failure to benefit from previous treatment demonstrated that his threat to public safety was intractable.

The court designated the accused as a dangerous offender under multiple provisions of the Criminal Code.