Criminal Code, section 151
Sexual interference
What the law says
- Maximum
- 14 years
- Mandatory minimum
- 1 year
- Kind of offence
- Sexual
- Prosecuted
- By indictment or summary conviction
MMP of 1 year on indictment (90 days on summary conviction; summary max 2 years less a day). Section touched by S.C. 2026, c. 19; minimum unchanged. Reported provincial ruling: R. v. Hood, 2018 NSCA 18 (Nova Scotia) on the minimum - unverified.
83 cases with this offence
- June 12, 20236 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
- May 11, 2023R. v. L.J.H., 2023 BCSC 1026
- 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) - May 5, 20237 years' imprisonment
- April 28, 2023R. v. C.B., 2023 NSPC 29
- Below the Crown's ask
6 years custody (5 years concurrent on two counts plus 1 year consecutive for luring) - April 20, 2023R. v. W.M., 2023 NSPC 30
- Below the Crown's ask
12.5 years global custody (after totality), less 1,643 days' pre-sentence credit; long-term offender designation declined - April 6, 2023R. v. R.C.R., 2023 BCSC 595
- On release at the time
36 months for sexual interference plus 2 months consecutive for obstructing police (38 months total), less 25.5 months credit; 12.5 months remaining - March 6, 2023R. v. W.C.C., 2023 NSSC 85
- Below the Crown's ask
3 years imprisonment in a federal institution - January 23, 2023R. v. T.A.P., 2023 BCSC 316
- 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 - January 13, 20233 years imprisonment; DNA order, s. 109 prohibition, SOIRA 20 years
- January 10, 2023R. v. D.R.L.A., 2023 BCSC 253
- Below the Crown's ask
30 months custody (1 year on child luring and 30 months on sexual interference, concurrent) - January 4, 20235 years in custody
- November 9, 2022R. v. B.M.M., 2022 NSPC 38
- Below the Crown's ask
Two years in a federal penitentiary, then 3 years probation - October 5, 20227 years' imprisonment (concurrent on two counts), less 137 days' remand credit
- September 27, 2022R. v. D.J.H., 2022 BCSC 1743
- Below the Crown's ask
Six years in custody (one year concurrent for uttering threats) - May 20, 202224 months' imprisonment, then 3 years' probation
- May 19, 202212 months imprisonment, then 3 years probation
- May 17, 202210 years imprisonment global (9 years on one count, 1 year consecutive on the other after totality)
- May 5, 20222 years imprisonment; DNA, SOIRA 20 years, 10-year firearms prohibition, no-contact order
- March 25, 20227.5 years global (5 years sexual interference, 30 months consecutive making child pornography, 12 months concurrent possession), less 1,196 days credit; DNA, s. 109 order, SOIRA, s. 161 order
- February 24, 2022Seven and one-half years' imprisonment (sexual interference and sexual exploitation, concurrent), with 3 years concurrent for sexual assault
- December 13, 2021R. v. P.R.J., 2021 BCSC 2537
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
23 months conditional (12 months house arrest, then curfew), then 2 years probation - December 3, 2021R. v. C.G.D., 2021 BCSC 2400
- Below the Crown's ask
3.5 years imprisonment - November 18, 20213 years 6 months imprisonment; DNA, s. 109 order, SOIRA 20 years, s. 161 order
- November 8, 20216 years in a federal institution (concurrent on both counts), less 132 days credit
- October 1, 2021R. v. R.A.J., 2021 BCSC 2422
- Below the Crown's ask
Two years less a day in jail
Judges who sentenced this offence
- The Honourable Justice Elizabeth McDonald
- The Honourable Judge Del W. Atwood
- The Honourable Justice Pierre L. Muise
- The Honourable Justice Scott C. Norton
- The Honourable Justice Briana Hardwick
- The Honourable Judge Elizabeth A. Buckle
- The Honourable Justice John A. Keith
- The Honourable Justice John P. Bodurtha
- The Honourable Justice Julianne K. Lamb
- The Honourable Justice Lindsay M. Lyster
- The Honourable Justice Martha M. Devlin
- The Honourable Justice Palbinder Kaur Shergill
- The Honourable Justice Peter P. Rosinski
- The Honourable Justice Robert W. Jenkins
- The Honourable Justice Simon R. Coval
- The Honourable Justice Warren B. Milman
- The Honourable Justice Wendy A. Baker
- The Honourable Justice Andrew Majawa
- The Honourable Justice Barry Davies
- The Honourable Judge Bronwyn Duffy
- The Honourable Justice Bruce Elwood
- The Honourable Justice C. Richard Coughlan
- The Honourable Justice Carla L. Forth
- The Honourable Justice Christa M. Brothers
- The Honourable Judge Christine Driscoll
- The Honourable Justice D. Allan Betton
- The Honourable Justice D. Shane Russell
- The Honourable Justice Darlene Jamieson
- The Honourable Justice Denise M. Boudreau
- The Honourable Justice F. Matthew Kirchner