Omar Said

Following a jury conviction for sexual assault of a child, the sentencing judge imposed a three-year penitentiary sentence.

The offence involved attempted penetration of a ten-year-old child by an adult in a position of trust within the family home.

The Crown sought six years; the defence sought 18-24 months.

The court applied the principles of denunciation and deterrence as primary sentencing objectives in child sexual abuse cases, while also considering the offender's lack of criminal record, rehabilitative potential, and collateral consequences to his dependent children.

The court sentenced Mouhamad Al Jalmoud for two counts of dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death and one count of dangerous operation causing bodily harm, following a jury trial.

The jury found him not criminally responsible by reason of mental disorder for three related counts of failing to stop after an accident.

The court reviewed the facts, aggravating and mitigating factors, and the applicable sentencing principles and case law.

Al Jalmoud was sentenced to 3 years and 3 months in custody (after credit for pre-trial custody and strict bail conditions), with a 15-year driving prohibition to follow, and a DNA order.

The decision discusses the impact of mental illness on moral culpability, the range of sentences for similar offences, and the significance of both aggravating and mitigating factors.

The defendant, Shakara Walker, faced charges of publishing a defamatory libel and criminal harassment following a contentious separation and dispute over shared property with the complainant.

The Crown stayed the defamatory libel charge.

The court dismissed the criminal harassment charge, finding that while the defendant's social media posts and actions were immature and petty, they did not meet the legal threshold for criminal harassment, nor did they cause the complainant to reasonably fear for his physical or psychological safety.