Sentence Watch

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

R. v. B.B.

A publication ban applies. The offender is not named.

Crown askedNot recorded
Judge imposedEight years' imprisonment in total: five years for the first sexual assault and three years for the second, plus a 20-year SOIRA order1

What the law allows

Maximum14 years
Judge imposed8 years 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 57% of the maximum. Read the section.

The offender pleaded guilty to sexual assault with a weapon, committed in 1987, and sexual assault, committed in 1993; DNA evidence identified him as a suspect in 2023. The Crown sought a total of 10 years in prison, according to a news report. Justice Conlan imposed five years for the first offence and three years for the second, eight years in total, and a 20-year SOIRA order. The Court of Appeal noted that the sentencing judge tempered the sentences for totality and the mitigating circumstances, including the offender's relationship with his son.

The record

Prior convictions
Not recorded
At the time of the offence
Not stated1
Appeal
  • Upheld on appeal, 2026 ONCA 585 (August 14, 2026)

    The Court of Appeal for Ontario granted leave to appeal sentence and dismissed the appeal, leaving the eight-year total sentence in place; the challenge to the SOIRA order was abandoned.

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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. February 11, 2025
    R. v. T.E.C., 2025 BCSC 1200Sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm, New Westminster. Justice Murray B. Blok
    Two years less a day in jail, then 36 months probation
  3. 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
  4. 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

All sexual assault with a weapon, threats to a third party or causing bodily harm cases (6)

More from the Superior Court of Justice

  1. January 7, 2025
    R. v. Alves, 2025 ONSC 114Manslaughter; Assault with a weapon; Assault causing bodily harm; Aggravated assault, Toronto. Justice Kelly P. Byrne
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Global sentence of 11 years' imprisonment (11 years for manslaughter, concurrent sentences on the assault counts)
  2. June 18, 2024
    R. v. Bleck, 2024 ONSC 3461Failure to stop after an accident resulting in bodily harm; Operation while prohibited, London. Justice Kelly Tranquilli
    54 months (44 months for failing to stop causing bodily harm, 10 months consecutive for driving while prohibited), less 264 days of pretrial custody credit; ten-year driving prohibition
  3. September 9, 2022
    R. v. Hayatibahar, 2022 ONSC 5154Criminal negligence causing death; Impaired operation causing bodily harm; Impaired operation causing death; Criminal negligence causing bodily harm, Richmond Hill. Justice Joseph Di Luca
    Global sentence of nine years' imprisonment

More cases in Toronto

  1. January 7, 2025
    R. v. Alves, 2025 ONSC 114Manslaughter; Assault with a weapon; Assault causing bodily harm; Aggravated assault. Justice Kelly P. Byrne
    • Below the Crown's ask
    Global sentence of 11 years' imprisonment (11 years for manslaughter, concurrent sentences on the assault counts)

Sources

  1. R. v. B.B., 2026 ONCA 585 Court decision, CanLII, August 14, 2026[1] … He received a total sentence of eight years for both offences. … [4] … The sentencing judge imposed a sentence of five years for the first sexual assault and three years for the second sexual assault. The sentencing judge also imposed a 20-year SOIRA order.
  2. R. v. B.B., 2026 ONCA 585 Court decision, Court of Appeal for Ontario, August 14, 2026
  3. Man sentenced to 8 years for brutal cold case sexual assaults solved by genetic genealogy News report, Canadian Legal News, September 10, 2025

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