William Robert Watson

A child protection application concerning two children found in need of protection due to high-conflict domestic circumstances between their parents.

The mother sought sole custody with no access to the father, a restraining order, and costs.

The father sought to reinstate access with a view to restoring joint custody.

The court found that the children's consistent refusal to see their father, combined with the father's uncontrolled emotional dysregulation, verbal abuse, past assault, and threatening comments, justified a no-access order.

The court granted sole custody to the mother, imposed restrictions on future access applications, issued a restraining order, and declined to award costs against the father.

The accused was charged with 11 counts, including assault, uttering threats, and mischief, arising from several incidents involving his estranged wife.

The court applied the W.D. analysis framework to assess conflicting evidence and witness credibility.

The accused was found guilty on three counts: assault (July 9, 2014), uttering a threat to cause death (November 30, 2015), and mischief for destroying a pillow (November 30, 2015).

He was acquitted on the remaining eight counts, including possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, uttering a threat against his son, unlawful confinement, and other assault and mischief allegations, primarily due to a lack of corroborating evidence or the presence of reasonable doubt.

I.P.W. was found guilty on two counts involving his stepdaughter, A.H.: touching a person under 16 for a sexual purpose (s. 151 CCC) and sexual assault (s. 271 CCC), occurring between 2010 and 2014 when A.H. was 10-14 years old.

The incidents included various forms of inappropriate touching.

The court considered I.P.W.'s personal circumstances, a psychological report assessing him as a low risk to reoffend (though he denied wrongdoing), and a victim impact statement from A.H. The Crown sought a sentence of 1 to 4 years, while the defence proposed 8 to 12 months.

Applying the Kienapple principle, the s. 151 CCC count was stayed, and I.P.W. was sentenced to 18 months in custody for sexual assault.