The appellant pled guilty to assault with a weapon against her intimate partner and was denied a conditional discharge at sentencing.
On appeal, the appellant argued that the sentencing judge erred in principle by improperly invoking a stereotype based on the sex of the offender.
The Superior Court of Justice dismissed the appeal, finding that the sentencing judge properly considered the gravity of the offence, which involved striking the partner with a metal barrel and repeatedly punching him, and did not make the offender's sex an inappropriate sentencing factor.
