R. v. Nygard
The Court of Appeal for Ontario upheld Peter Nygard’s convictions and 11-year sentence, finding the expert-evidence error harmless, similar-fact use proper, and fresh sentencing evidence unhelpful.
- Expert evidence (neurobiology of trauma)
- Similar fact evidence (cross-count use)
- Curative proviso s.686(1)(b)(iii)
- Fresh evidence on sentencing
- Publication ban
- Criminal-evidence