Sexual assault, Forcible confinement
R. v. M.E.G.
A publication ban applies. The offender is not named.
Sentence and the Crown's position
Crown asked10 years in custody1
Judge imposed10 years' incarceration on each count, concurrent, less 323 days' pre-sentence credit1
What the law allows
Maximum10 years
Crown asked10 years in custody
Judge imposed10 years in custody
Defence asked10 years in custody
The offender pleaded guilty to sexual assault and unlawful confinement involving a five-hour assault in which he used a knife and bound the complainant. The Crown and defence jointly proposed a global sentence of 10 years. Justice Ross accepted the joint submission and imposed 10 years' incarceration on each count, concurrent, with credit of 323 days for pre-sentence custody, noting aggravating factors including planning, weapon use and the offender's prior sexual assault convictions.
In the judge's words
1Mr. …, I am satisfied that a fit and appropriate sentence for these two offences is as laid out by counsel in their joint submission.
The record
- Convicted of
- Sexual assault (CC 271)
- Forcible confinement (CC 279(2))
- Prior convictions
- Not recorded
- At the time of the offence
- Not stated1
- Defence asked for
- 10 years in custody1
- Appeal
- Not yet checked
- Counsel
- Crown: V. Young
Defence: B. Movassaghi, M. Foster
Sources
- R. v. M.E.G., 2026 BCSC 1676 Court decision, CanLII, August 10, 2026
[3] The Crown and the defence have very helpfully made a joint submission for a global sentence of 10 years, that is, 10 years on Count 1 and 10 years concurrent on Count 2, with certain mandatory ancillary orders.
[3] The Crown and the defence have very helpfully made a joint submission for a global sentence of 10 years, that is, 10 years on Count 1 and 10 years concurrent on Count 2, with certain mandatory ancillary orders.
[14] Mr. …, I am satisfied that a fit and appropriate sentence for these two offences is as laid out by counsel in their joint submission.
[16] As to the dates for sentencing, I understand that Mr. … was arrested on January 8 and has been in pretrial custody since that time. That is a period of 215 days for which he will receive credit at 1.5 days per day. That is a total of 323 days. Thus, I am sentencing Mr. … to a total of 3,650 days, which is 10 years, less 323 days which total 3,327 days in custody.
- Criminal Code, s. 271 Record, Justice Laws Website
- R. v. M.E.G., 2026 BCSC 1676 Court decision, Courts of British Columbia