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
- September 15, 2021R. v. A.S.K., 2021 BCSC 1976
- Below the Crown's ask
Three and a half years (42 months) in jail, global, consecutive on four counts - September 7, 2021R. v. B.A.V., 2021 BCSC 1773
- Below the Crown's ask
- No jail for a violent offence
23 months conditional (11 months and 12 months consecutive), then 3 years probation - September 7, 2021R. v. Z.K., 2021 BCSC 1926
- Below the Crown's ask
Seven years' imprisonment, concurrent on both counts - August 19, 2021R. v. C.P.W., 2021 NSSC 253
- Below the Crown's ask
4 years and 7 months (1,673 days) consecutive: 1,278 days sexual interference, 365 days making child pornography, 30 days firearm; less 21 days credit - July 30, 20219 years in prison (3 years s. 151, 3 years s. 153, 2 years s. 271, 1 year s. 163.1(2), consecutive), less 1,209 days credit
- July 27, 2021R. v. A.P.L., 2021 NSSC 238
- Below the Crown's ask
6 years on sexual interference, 6 months concurrent on sexual exploitation - July 6, 2021R. v. B.D.M., 2021 BCSC 1738
- Below the Crown's ask
Eight years in prison (global, after totality and Gladue reduction) - April 27, 2021R. v. S.P.W., 2021 NSPC 24
- 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 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