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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 2665

R. v. F.C.M.

The court sentenced F.C.M. to 4.5 years for sexual interference with a seven-year-old child, granted enhanced remand credit, and imposed ancillary criminal orders.

  • Sexual assault
  • Sexual interference
  • Sentencing
  • Publication ban
  • Dna sampling
  • Sex offender registration
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 1392

R. v. J.A.F.

Sentencing after trial for sexual interference and sexual assault against a 15-year-old. Count 2 was stayed under Kienapple; Count 1 drew a five-year custodial term.

  • Sexual interference
  • Sexual assault
  • Sentencing principles
  • Abuse of position of trust
  • Publication ban
  • Ancillary orders
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Constitutional law 2025 BCSC 808

CTP v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

The court dismissed a Charter petition for a free-standing s. 24(1) SOIRA remedy, holding Bill S-12 now supplies the applicable statutory process.

  • Section 24(1) charter remedy
  • Sex offender information registration act (soira)
  • Sex offender registration
  • Retroactivity of legislation
  • Bill s-12
  • Ndhlovu decision
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Criminal law 2025 BCSC 849

R. v. J.W.W.

Sentencing in a child sexual interference case: the court rejected a conditional sentence and imposed 2.5 years’ imprisonment, plus DNA, registration, weapons and no-contact orders.

  • Sexual interference
  • Child sexual abuse
  • Conditional sentence
  • Publication ban
  • Dna orders
  • Sex offender registration
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 2602

R. v. Field

On sentencing for sexual assault and an indecent act, the court imposed a global 30-month custodial sentence before credit, plus probation and ancillary orders.

  • Sexual assault
  • Indecent act
  • Sentencing principles
  • Victim impact
  • Pre‑sentence custody credit
  • Probation and conditions
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Criminal law 2024 BCSC 1307

R. v. Hawco

The court sentenced Joshua Wayne Hawco to three years’ imprisonment for sexual assault, with 45 days’ pretrial credit and additional ancillary orders.

  • Sexual assault
  • Victim impact
  • Pre-trial custody credit
  • Ancillary orders
  • Firearms prohibition
  • Dna order
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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 2216

R. v. Schank

Sentencing for sexual assault: the court imposed 30 months’ imprisonment, finding the offence serious, the complainant vulnerable, and the harm significant.

  • Sexual assault
  • Consent
  • Victim impact statements
  • Sentencing principles
  • Ancillary orders
  • Dna orders
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Criminal law 2023 ONCA 638

R. v. D.W.

Applicant failed to satisfy s.679(4)(a): the proposed grounds of appeal were not sufficiently meritorious that, in the circumstances and given the scheduled appeal date, detention would cause unnecessary hardship; accordingly bail pending the sentence appeal was denied. Leave to appeal sentence was granted because the grounds were not frivolous. The stay of the SOIRA order was referred to the panel hearing the sentence appeal due to unresolved jurisdictional question.

  • Bail pending appeal
  • Sentencing
  • Leave to appeal
  • Historical sexual abuse
  • Soira stay
  • Sex offender registration
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Criminal law 2023 BCSC 1026

R. v. Harry

Sentencing reasons for sexual offences against a 13-year-old and related driving offences, with Gladue factors considered and a total custodial term of four years and one month imposed.

  • Sexual interference
  • Invitation to sexual touching
  • Dangerous operation of a conveyance
  • Flight from a peace officer
  • Gladue principles
  • Sentencing principles s.718/s.718.01
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Criminal law 2022 BCSC 2297

R. v. Thomas

The court sentenced Ricky Edwards Thomas to 21 months for two sexual assaults, rejecting a conditional sentence order and imposing probation and statutory orders.

  • Conditional sentence order
  • Denunciation and deterrence
  • Breach of trust
  • Victim impact
  • Probation
  • Ancillary orders
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