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Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm

R. v. T.E.C.

A publication ban applies. The offender is not named.

Crown asked2 years less a day in custody1
Judge imposedTwo years less a day in jail, then 36 months probation1

What the law allows

Maximum14 years
Crown asked2 years less a day in custody
Judge imposed2 years less a day in custody
Defence asked2 years less a day in custody
For sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm (CC 272), the Criminal Code currently allows up to 14 years, with no mandatory minimum. The sentence imposed is 14% of the maximum. Read the section.

The offender was convicted after trial of sexual assault with choking and sexual assault causing bodily harm, for continuing violent sexual activity in August 2021 after the complainant revoked her consent; a third count of assault by choking was conditionally stayed. The Crown and defence agreed on two years less a day in jail plus three years of probation, differing only on a sex offender registry order. Justice Blok accepted the joint position, imposed two years less a day followed by 36 months of probation, and made a 20-year SOIRA order.

In the judge's words

I agree with some of the factors submitted by the Crown as tending to show the offences were more serious within the general category of sexual assaults, those being the additional physical violence and physical injury and the persistence in the face of communicated non‑consent.

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The record

Prior convictions
Not recorded
At the time of the offence
Not stated1
Defence asked for
2 years less a day in custody1
Appeal
Not yet checked
Counsel
Crown: V. Yip and A. Lee
Defence: B. Movassaghi

More cases by The Honourable Justice Murray B. Blok

  1. August 27, 2026
    R. v. Soukary, 2026 BCSC 1655Breach of trust by public officer, New Westminster
    18 months in jail
  2. October 11, 2024
    R. v. Wareing, 2024 BCSC 1895Second degree murder; Attempted murder with a firearm, Maple Ridge
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Life imprisonment, no parole for 14 years; 13 years for attempted murder with a firearm
  3. September 13, 2024
    R. v. Isbister, 2024 BCSC 1836Possessing child sexual abuse material; Breach of recognizance (peace bond), Langley
    • Below the Crown's ask
    27 months in jail, less 369 days credit for pre-sentence custody
  4. July 19, 2024
    R. v. Fuller, 2024 BCSC 1523Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm; Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm, Vanderhoof
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • On release at the time
    40 months global (3 years on s. 95 with 6 months concurrent for threats, plus 4 months consecutive on s. 88), less 923 days pre-sentence credit

All cases by The Honourable Justice Murray B. Blok (9)

More sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm cases

  1. February 19, 2026
    R. v. A.M.M., 2026 NSPC 8Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm, Dartmouth. Judge Timothy G. Daley
    5 years imprisonment on each of two counts, concurrent
  2. September 13, 2024
    R. v. C.M.F., 2024 BCSC 1740Assault causing bodily harm; Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm; Forcible confinement, Nanaimo. Justice Carla L. Forth
    6 years in custody less 81 days' credit
  3. May 21, 2024
    R. v. H.C.E., 2024 BCSC 917Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm, Esquimalt. Justice Carla L. Forth
    3 years and 8 months in custody, less 138 days credit
  4. June 17, 2022
    R. v. M.E.L., 2022 BCSC 1200Assault with a weapon; Assault causing bodily harm; Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm; Forcible confinement, Vancouver. Justice Janet Winteringham
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Long-term offender: 7 years less 4 years pre-sentence credit (3 years remaining), then an 8-year long-term supervision order

All sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm cases (5)

More from the Supreme Court of British Columbia

  1. September 18, 2026
    R v Alves, 2026 BCSC 1792Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking; Production of a Schedule I or II substance; Possession of anything for use in producing or trafficking a controlled substance, Maple Ridge. Justice Terence A. Schultes
    3 years' imprisonment on counts 1 and 2 and 2 years on count 3, concurrent
  2. September 15, 2026
    R. v. C.S.M., 2026 BCSC 1770Manslaughter, Coquitlam. Justice David M. Layton
    2 years and 99 days in custody, less 99 days credit (2 years remaining)
  3. September 11, 2026
    R. v. Dansereau, 2026 BCSC 1781Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm; Possession of a Schedule I or II substance for the purpose of trafficking; Possession of a weapon contrary to a prohibition order, Rossland. Justice Jacqueline D. Hughes
    5 years in custody (3.5 years firearm, concurrent 24 months drug, plus 1.5 years consecutive for breach of weapons prohibition), less 978 days credit
  4. September 11, 2026
    R v Stuart, 2026 BCSC 1783Aggravated assault, Vancouver. Justice Elin Sigurdson
    • Below the Crown's ask
    • No jail for a violent offence
    Two years less one day conditional sentence (201 days credited), followed by probation

All cases from the Supreme Court of British Columbia (520)

More cases in New Westminster

  1. September 3, 2026
    R. v. T.R.S., 2026 BCSC 1726Sexual assault. Justice Baljinder Kaur Girn
    • Below the Crown's ask
    2 years in custody (9 months and 15 months consecutive)
  2. August 28, 2026
    R. v. Short, 2026 BCSC 1903Manslaughter. Justice Simon R. Coval
    • Below the Crown's ask
    7.5 years in custody, less 693 days credit for pre-sentence custody
  3. August 27, 2026
    R. v. Soukary, 2026 BCSC 1655Breach of trust by public officer. Justice Murray B. Blok
    18 months in jail
  4. July 27, 2026
    R. v. Dyck, 2026 BCSC 1477Manslaughter. Justice Eric V. Gottardi
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Four and a half years' imprisonment

All cases in New Westminster (32)

Sources

  1. R. v. T.E.C., 2025 BCSC 1200 Court decision, CanLII, February 11, 2025[20] Crown and defence agree that a fit sentence here is a jail sentence of two years less a day plus three years probation. They differ only on the SOIRA order.[20] Crown and defence agree that a fit sentence here is a jail sentence of two years less a day plus three years probation. They differ only on the SOIRA order.[36] I agree with some of the factors submitted by the Crown as tending to show the offences were more serious within the general category of sexual assaults, those being the additional physical violence and physical injury and the persistence in the face of communicated non‑consent.[45] T.E.C. for the offences for which you have been convicted, Counts 1 and 2, because Count 3 has now been conditionally stayed, I sentence you to a period of incarceration of two years less a day followed by a 36‑month probation order.
  2. Criminal Code, s. 272 Record, Justice Laws Website
  3. R. v. T.E.C., 2025 BCSC 1200 Court decision, Courts of British Columbia

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