The accused applied for a stay of proceedings after conviction for internet luring, alleging police entrapment arising from an undercover officer posing online as a 14‑year‑old.
The court considered the entrapment framework set out in R. v. Mack, including whether police provided an opportunity to commit an offence without reasonable suspicion, whether the investigation was conducted pursuant to a bona fide inquiry, and whether police induced the offence.
Although the court found that the undercover communications constituted an opportunity to commit the offence, reasonable suspicion arose shortly after the exchanges began when the accused continued sexually explicit communication after being told the persona was 14 years old.
The court further held the investigation was a bona fide inquiry and that the police conduct did not amount to inducement.
The application for a stay based on entrapment was therefore dismissed.
