Sexual interference
R. v. B.H.H.
A publication ban applies. The offender is not named.
- Below the Crown's ask
Sentence and the Crown's position
What the law allows
The offender was convicted after trial of sexual interference with a 15-year-old girl in Fort St. John in 2021. The Crown sought five years' imprisonment; the defence sought two years less a day followed by probation. Justice Brundrett imposed four and a half years, finding the offender abused a position of trust and the offence caused profound harm to the victim, and that Gladue factors, his low risk to reoffend and his dated record did not outweigh the need for denunciation and deterrence.
In the judge's words
1I regard the moral culpability of the offender for this offence as being at the higher end of the range. This type of sexualized violence committed against a vulnerable girl in her own home is absolutely intolerable.
The record
- Convicted of
- Sexual interference (CC 151)
- 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: A.M. Murray
Defence: R. Larmer
Sources
- R. v. B.H.H., 2025 BCSC 2545 Court decision, CanLII, December 5, 2025
[4] The Crown seeks a sentence of five years' imprisonment and ancillary orders. The defence seeks a sentence of two years less a day, with two years' probation, or, in the alternative, a sentence of two to three years' incarceration.
[4] The Crown seeks a sentence of five years' imprisonment and ancillary orders. The defence seeks a sentence of two years less a day, with two years' probation, or, in the alternative, a sentence of two to three years' incarceration.
[76] I regard the moral culpability of the offender for this offence as being at the higher end of the range. [77] This type of sexualized violence committed against a vulnerable girl in her own home is absolutely intolerable.
[84] After taking all relevant factors into consideration, I sentence you to serve a jail sentence of four-and-a-half (4.5) years imprisonment. To this sentence, you will be given credit for two days pre-sentence custody based on one day actually served.
- R. v. B.H.H., 2025 BCSC 2545 Court decision, Courts of British Columbia