This criminal trial involved five charges against the defendant, S.S., related to alleged assaults and threats against his estranged wife, M.G., and their son, Sa., across three separate incidents in 2019 and 2020.
The court assessed the credibility and reliability of the witnesses, including the complainants and the defendant, and critically examined a surreptitiously recorded audio file presented by the defence.
The judge found the defendant guilty of assaulting M.G. and Sa. on July 12, 2020, and assaulting M.G. between January 11 and December 31, 2019.
However, the charges of assault and threatening M.G. on June 23, 2020, were dismissed due to gaps in the Crown's evidence, particularly the lack of questioning of the son regarding that specific incident.
The court found the defendant and his sister fabricated evidence regarding the June 23 incident and that the defendant tampered with the audio recording for the July 12 incident, significantly diminishing his credibility.
