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.

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83 cases with this offence

  1. 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
  2. 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)
  3. May 5, 2023
    R. v. C.S., 2023 NSPC 34Sexual interference, Amherst. Judge Rosalind Michie
    7 years' imprisonment
  4. 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)
  5. 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
  6. April 6, 2023
    R. v. R.C.R., 2023 BCSC 595Sexual interference; Resisting or obstructing a peace officer, Vancouver. Justice Jeanne E. Watchuk
    • 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. January 13, 2023
    R. v. C.R.B., 2023 BCSC 134Sexual interference, Surrey. Justice Elizabeth McDonald
    3 years imprisonment; DNA order, s. 109 prohibition, SOIRA 20 years
  10. January 10, 2023
    R. v. D.R.L.A., 2023 BCSC 253Sexual interference; Luring a child, Salmon Arm. Justice D. Allan Betton
    • Below the Crown's ask
    30 months custody (1 year on child luring and 30 months on sexual interference, concurrent)
  11. January 4, 2023
    R. v. K.C.S., 2023 NSPC 28Sexual interference, Halifax. Judge Christine Driscoll
    5 years in custody
  12. November 9, 2022
    R. v. B.M.M., 2022 NSPC 38Sexual interference, Pictou. Judge Del W. Atwood
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Two years in a federal penitentiary, then 3 years probation
  13. October 5, 2022
    R. v. AMB, 2022 NSSC 262Sexual interference, Hammonds Plains. Justice Peter P. Rosinski
    7 years' imprisonment (concurrent on two counts), less 137 days' remand credit
  14. September 27, 2022
    R. v. D.J.H., 2022 BCSC 1743Sexual interference; Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, Surrey. Justice W. Paul Riley
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Six years in custody (one year concurrent for uttering threats)
  15. May 20, 2022
    R. v. C.M.S., 2022 NSSC 166Sexual interference, Digby. Justice John P. Bodurtha
    24 months' imprisonment, then 3 years' probation
  16. May 19, 2022
    R. v. T.K.B., 2022 NSSC 150Sexual interference, Halifax. Justice Scott C. Norton
    12 months imprisonment, then 3 years probation
  17. May 17, 2022
    R. v. P.M.A., 2022 BCSC 1519Sexual interference, Langley. Justice James W. Williams
    10 years imprisonment global (9 years on one count, 1 year consecutive on the other after totality)
  18. May 5, 2022
    R. v. G.W.S., 2022 BCSC 842Sexual interference, New Westminster. Justice Simon R. Coval
    2 years imprisonment; DNA, SOIRA 20 years, 10-year firearms prohibition, no-contact order
  19. March 25, 2022
    R. v. M.E.T., 2022 BCSC 652Sexual interference; Making child sexual abuse material; Possessing child sexual abuse material, Cranbrook. Justice Sharon Matthews
    7.5 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
  20. February 24, 2022
    R. v. S.H.B., 2022 BCSC 441Sexual assault; Sexual interference; Sexual exploitation of a young person, Courtenay. Justice J. Miriam Gropper
    Seven and one-half years' imprisonment (sexual interference and sexual exploitation, concurrent), with 3 years concurrent for sexual assault
  21. 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
  22. December 3, 2021
    R. v. C.G.D., 2021 BCSC 2400Sexual interference, Kamloops. Justice Warren B. Milman
    • Below the Crown's ask
    3.5 years imprisonment
  23. November 18, 2021
    R. v. C.A.L., 2021 NSSC 365Sexual interference, Yarmouth. Justice Pierre L. Muise
    3 years 6 months imprisonment; DNA, s. 109 order, SOIRA 20 years, s. 161 order
  24. 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
  25. October 1, 2021
    R. v. R.A.J., 2021 BCSC 2422Sexual interference, New Westminster. Justice Robert W. Jenkins
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Two years less a day in jail

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