Sentencing decision following convictions for sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching involving a child under the offender’s care.
The offender compelled the child to perform oral sex and threatened her with death if she refused, constituting a serious breach of trust by a person acting in a parental role.
The court considered aggravating factors including the offender’s position of trust, threats used to compel the sexual act, and the psychological impact on the complainant, while recognizing the offender’s lack of prior criminal record as a mitigating factor.
The court also addressed whether time spent on bail with a curfew should reduce the custodial sentence and concluded that such conditions warranted minimal credit.
Applying the principles of denunciation and deterrence and reviewing comparable appellate authorities, the court imposed a four‑year custodial sentence with credit for pre‑trial custody and several ancillary orders.
