Invitation to sexual touching

19 cases with this offence

1. April 10, 2025
   R. v. A.A.A., 2025 BCSC 909Invitation to sexual touching, New Westminster. Justice Sharon Matthews
   1 year in custody, then 3 years probation
2. June 19, 2024
   R. v. D.K.M., 2024 BCSC 1126Invitation to sexual touching; Bestiality in the presence of, or inciting, a person under 16, Fort St. John. Justice John Walker

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Seven and one-half years in custody, less 140 days credit
3. February 16, 2024
   R. v. W.H., 2024 BCSC 336Sexual assault of a person under 16; Invitation to sexual touching; Making child sexual abuse material; Distributing child sexual abuse material; Making sexually explicit material available to a child; Incest, Courtenay. Justice Janet Winteringham

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Long-term offender designation; 18 years in prison (10 years for the sexual offences plus 8 years consecutive for the child sexual abuse material offences) less 1,462 days of credit, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order
4. January 10, 2024
   R. v. J.R.B., 2024 BCSC 227Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, Clearwater. Justice Simon R. Coval

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Four and a half years' imprisonment on sexual interference, one year concurrent on invitation to sexual touching; sexual assault conditionally stayed
5. December 14, 2023
   R. v. J.B., 2023 NSSC 427Invitation to sexual touching; Sexual exploitation of a young person; Making sexually explicit material available to a child, Sydney. Justice Patrick J. Murray

   • Below the Crown's ask
   40 months incarceration (global), plus ancillary orders including a s. 161 order
6. July 19, 2023
   R. v. S.S.M., 2023 BCSC 1339Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, New Westminster. Justice Elizabeth McDonald

   • Below the Crown's ask
   4 years and 6 months imprisonment (concurrent on 2 counts)
7. June 21, 2023
   R. v. K.J.H., 2023 BCSC 1203Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, Nelson. Justice Lindsay M. Lyster

   • Below the Crown's ask
   5 years on each of ss. 151 and 152, concurrent, less 243 days' credit; SOIRA 20 years, s. 109, DNA, s. 161 orders
8. June 12, 2023
   R. v. W.B.G., 2023 NSSC 304Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Digby. Justice Pierre L. Muise
   6 years’ imprisonment (concurrent 6 years on the other s. 151 and s. 153 counts, 3 years concurrent on each s. 152 count); DNA, s. 109, 20-year SOIRA and 10-year s. 161 orders
9. May 11, 2023
   R. v. L.J.H., 2023 BCSC 1026Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Dangerous operation of a conveyance; Flight from a peace officer, Powell River. Justice Sandra Wilkinson

   • Below the Crown's ask
   4 years global for the sexual offences plus 1 month consecutive for the driving offences (4 years and 1 month total)
10. April 28, 2023
    R. v. C.B., 2023 NSPC 29Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Luring a child, Halifax. Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle

    • Below the Crown's ask
    6 years custody (5 years concurrent on two counts plus 1 year consecutive for luring)
11. April 20, 2023
    R. v. W.M., 2023 NSPC 30Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Possessing child sexual abuse material, Halifax. Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle

    • Below the Crown's ask
    12.5 years global custody (after totality), less 1,643 days' pre-sentence credit; long-term offender designation declined
12. March 6, 2023
    R. v. W.C.C., 2023 NSSC 85Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, Halifax. Justice John A. Keith

    • Below the Crown's ask
    3 years imprisonment in a federal institution
13. January 23, 2023
    R. v. T.A.P., 2023 BCSC 316Sexual assault of a person under 16; Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Making child sexual abuse material; Incest, Victoria. Justice Kathleen M. Ker

    • Below the Crown's ask
    18 years global (10 + 5 + 3 years consecutive on three counts, others concurrent), less 8 days credit; DNA order, SOIRA 20 years, lifetime s. 109 prohibition
14. December 13, 2021
    R. v. P.R.J., 2021 BCSC 2537Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, Kelowna. Justice Barry Davies

    • Below the Crown's ask
    • No jail for a violent offence
    23 months conditional (12 months house arrest, then curfew), then 2 years probation
15. December 10, 2021
    R. v. M.N., 2021 BCSC 2425Invitation to sexual touching; Forcible confinement, New Westminster. Justice Carla L. Forth

    • Below the Crown's ask
    7 years imprisonment (concurrent 8 months for unlawful confinement), less 179 days credit
16. November 8, 2021
    R. v. S.F.W., 2021 NSSC 312Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, Halifax. Justice C. Richard Coughlan
    6 years in a federal institution (concurrent on both counts), less 132 days credit
17. September 7, 2021
    R. v. Z.K., 2021 BCSC 1926Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching, New Westminster. Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan

    • Below the Crown's ask
    Seven years' imprisonment, concurrent on both counts
18. July 6, 2021
    R. v. B.D.M., 2021 BCSC 1738Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Incest, Smithers. Justice Robert W. Jenkins

    • Below the Crown's ask
    Eight years in prison (global, after totality and Gladue reduction)
19. April 27, 2021
    R. v. S.P.W., 2021 NSPC 24Sexual interference; Invitation to sexual touching; Failure to attend court, Dartmouth. Judge Theodore K. Tax

    • Below the Crown's ask
    56 months in prison (s. 151 and s. 152 concurrent; 30 days concurrent for failing to attend court), less 823 days remand credit

Judges who sentenced this offence

• The Honourable Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle2 cases
• The Honourable Justice Barry Davies1 case
• The Honourable Justice C. Richard Coughlan1 case
• The Honourable Justice Carla L. Forth1 case
• The Honourable Justice Elizabeth McDonald1 case
• The Honourable Justice Janet Winteringham1 case
• The Honourable Justice Jennifer M.I. Duncan1 case
• The Honourable Justice John A. Keith1 case
• The Honourable Justice John Walker1 case
• The Honourable Justice Kathleen M. Ker1 case
• The Honourable Justice Lindsay M. Lyster1 case
• The Honourable Justice Patrick J. Murray1 case
• The Honourable Justice Pierre L. Muise1 case
• The Honourable Justice Robert W. Jenkins1 case
• The Honourable Justice Sandra Wilkinson1 case
• The Honourable Justice Sharon Matthews1 case
• The Honourable Justice Simon R. Coval1 case
• The Honourable Judge Theodore K. Tax1 case

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