The young person pleaded guilty to voyeurism and distributing an intimate image after recording a consensual sexual encounter with a classmate and showing the video to her ex-boyfriend.
The Crown sought 18 months' probation, while the defence sought an absolute or conditional discharge.
The court analyzed the legal distinctions between a conditional discharge and probation under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, finding that a conditional discharge is a meaningfully distinct sentence with a shorter record access period.
Balancing the gravity of the offences against the young person's strong rehabilitative progress, the court imposed a conditional discharge with an 18-month term of conditions.
