Sentencing following convictions for sexually assaulting and interfering with a child over several years, and for possession of child pornography.
The court treated denunciation and deterrence as the primary sentencing objectives under the Criminal Code, emphasized the offender's abuse of trust, repeated vaginal penetration, grooming conduct, threats, and the profound psychological harm to the child and family, and rejected the offender's otherwise pro-social background as an exceptional circumstance.
Applying the appellate framework for adult sexual predators of children and the totality principle, the court imposed 5 years for the sexual offences plus 1 consecutive year for possession of child pornography, for a global sentence of 6 years' imprisonment.
