Invitation to Sexual Touching (Sentencing Cases)

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Invitation to sexual touching

152 Every person who, for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a person under the age of 16 years to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the person under the age of 16 years,

(a) is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 14 years and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of one year; or

(b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction and is liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years less a day and to a minimum punishment of imprisonment for a term of 90 days.

R.S., 1985, c. C-46, s. 152; R.S., 1985, c. 19 (3rd Supp.), s. 1; 2005, c. 32, s. 3; 2008, c. 6, s. 54; 2012, c. 1, s. 12; 2015, c. 23, s. 3.

– CCC (CanLII), (DOJ)

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Invitation to Sexual Touching

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
2020
R v DCH, 2020 ABQB 510 (CanLII), per Labrenz J	AB	SC	2.5 years (invitation) 4.5 years (global)	"the accused pleaded guilty to invitation to sexual touching, making child pornography, and accessing child pornography. He had shown his 4-year old piano student pornography and had made video of her while, at his suggestion, she undressed and then when she was naked. While she was undressed he invited her to touch his erect penis which was covered by clothing. Labrenz J. reviewed the sentencing considerations addressed in Friesen. Applying those principles to the case before him he concluded that a fit total sentence was 4.5 years." Find summaries of case.

Prior to April 2020 (R v Friesen)

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
2020
R v Woolsey, 2020 SKQB 13 (CanLII), per Danyliuk J	SK	SC	3.5 years	Find summaries of case.
2019
R v LL, 2019 ONSC 6345 (CanLII), per Leroy J	ON	SC	7 years	Find summaries of case.
R v DY, 2019 ONSC 6548 (CanLII), per Allen J	ON	SC	12 months	Find summaries of case.
R v RA, 2019 NWTTC 10 (CanLII) per Gorin J	NWT	SC		Find summaries of case.
R v Ly, 2019 ONCJ 120 (CanLII), per Rabley J	ON	PC	2 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v PMM, 2019 BCPC 276 (CanLII)	BC	PC	18 months 18 months probation	Find summaries of case.
R v PMM, 2019 BCPC 276 (CanLII), per Doulis J	BC	PC	120 days	Find summaries of case.
R v SH, 2019 QCCQ 600 (CanLII)	QC	PC	18 months	Find summaries of case.
R v AE, 2019 QCCA 1864 (CanLII)	QC	CA	6 years	Find summaries of case.
2018
R v CS, 2018 ONSC 226 (CanLII)	ON	SC	6 years	Find summaries of case.
R v CG, 2018 ONSC 1151 (CanLII)	ON	SC	3 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v TB, 2018 ONSC 7268 (CanLII), per Turnbull J	ON	SC	2 years less a day CSO	Find summaries of case.
R v Caron, 2018 QCCQ 2507 (CanLII), per Pelletier J	QC	PC	6 months	Find summaries of case.
R v AK, 2018 QCCQ 5432 (CanLII), per Grégoire J	QC	PC	12 months	Find summaries of case.
2017
R v MC, 2017 QCCQ 1586 (CanLII), per Hudon J	QC	PC	52 months	Find summaries of case.
R v KP, 2017 ABPC 172 (CanLII), per Yake J	AB	PC		Find summaries of case.
R v RB, 2017 ONCA 74 (CanLII)	ON	CA	44 months	Find summaries of case.
R v SS, 2017 ONSC 354 (CanLII), per Andre J	ON	SC	5 years	Find summaries of case.
R v DW, 2017 ONSC 255 (CanLII), per Bielby J	ON	SC	4.5 years	Find summaries of case.
R v Andrews, 2017 ONCJ 178 (CanLII), per Harris J	ON	PC	3 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v AB , 2017 CanLII 13639 (NLPC)	NL	PC	120 days imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Farrell-Cote, 2017 ONSC 1725 (CanLII), per Leroy J	ON	SC	30 months	Find summaries of case.
R v S(J), 2017 ONSC 5952 (CanLII), per McWatt J	ON	SC	7 years	Find summaries of case.
R v Gumban, 2017 BCPC 226 (CanLII), per Werier J	BC	PC	90 days 12 months probation	Find summaries of case.
R v Turcotte, 2017 QCCQ 318 (CanLII), per Langelier J	QC	PC	20 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Merkl, 2017 MBQB 197 (CanLII), per Suche J	MB	SC	14 months	Find summaries of case.
2016
R v GM, 2016 SKQB 191 (CanLII), per Megaw J	SK	SC	18 months imprisonment	The offender invited a 13-year-old girl over to her place for the purpose of having sex with her husband while she watched. Find summaries of case.
R v MG, 2016 ONSC 4366 (CanLII), per Raikes J	ON	SC	22 months	Find summaries of case.
R v FC, 2016 ONSC 6059 (CanLII), per Campbell J	ON	SC	9 months	Find summaries of case.
R v DV, 2016 ONSC 5912 (CanLII), per Leroy J	ON	SC	6 years	Find summaries of case.
R v Godin, 2016 QCCQ 6439 (CanLII), per Langlier J	QC	PC	23 months	Find summaries of case.
R v DG, 2016 QCCQ 6167 (CanLII), per Beaulieu J	QC	PC	3 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Bergeron, 2016 QCCA 339 (CanLII)	QC	CA	24 months	Find summaries of case.
2015
R v TJB, 2015 BCSC 855 (CanLII), per Bruce J	BC	SC	4.5 years	Find summaries of case.
R v Tomlinson, 2015 ONSC 3953 (CanLII), per Leroy J	ON	SC	12 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Goolcharan, 2015 ONSC 6094 (CanLII), per Donohue J	ON	SC	1 year	Find summaries of case.
R v PDW, 2015 BCSC 660 (CanLII), per Ehrcke J	BC	SC	15 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Hirstwood, 2015 ONCJ 489 (CanLII), per Konyer J	ON	PC	1 month	Find summaries of case.
R v MGP, 2015 SKPC 80 (CanLII), per Gordon J	SK	PC		Find summaries of case.
R v WJC, 2015 BCPC 327 (CanLII), per MacCarthy J	BC	PC	1 year	Find summaries of case.
R v G(GJ), 2015 MBCA 81 (CanLII)	MB	CA		Find summaries of case.
R v JP, 2015 QCCQ 2469 (CanLII), per Marleau J	QC	PC	42 months	Find summaries of case.
R v GM, 2015 QCCQ 12185 (CanLII), per Pare J	QC	PC	3 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Fortin, 2015 QCCQ 1369 (CanLII), per Simard J	QC	PC	15 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Boudreault, 2015 QCCA 460 (CanLII)	QC	CA	24 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Morasse, 2015 QCCA 74 (CanLII)	QC	CA	90 days	Find summaries of case.
2014
R v GRK, 2014 SKQB 147 (CanLII), per Megaw J	SK	SC	6 months
R v Locke, 2014 MBQB 170 (CanLII), per Perlmutter J	MB	SC	3.5 years	Find summaries of case.
R v RG, 2014 ONCJ 608 (CanLII), per Bourque J	ON	PC	8 months	Find summaries of case.
R v WHY, 2014 ONCJ 757 (CanLII), per Bovard J	ON	PC	36 months	Find summaries of case.
R v PR, 2014 ONSC 6781 (CanLII), per Kane J	ON	SC	3.5 years	Find summaries of case.
R v Anglehart, 2014 QCCQ 4791 (CanLII), per Paradis J	QC	PC	18 months	Find summaries of case.
R v RMD, 2014 BCCA 56 (CanLII)	BC	CA	4 years	Find summaries of case.
2013
R v Doran, 2013 ONSC 5889 (CanLII), per Seppi J	ON	SC	2 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v JN, 2013 ONCA 251 (CanLII)	ON	CA	5 years	Template:FindSummariesfx4m8
R v Khan, 2013 ONCJ 267 (CanLII), per Bovard J	ON	PC	14 days	Find summaries of case.
R v Dow, 2013 NSCA 50 (CanLII)	NS	CA	5 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Banish, 2013 ABPC 302 (CanLII)	AB	PC	3 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Louie, 2013 SKQB 328 (CanLII), per Whitmore J	SK	SC	4 years	Find summaries of case.
R v SLL, 2013 NBPC 6 (CanLII), per Brien J	NB	PC	4 months	Find summaries of case.
2012
R v Renouf, 2012 CanLII 25628 (NLPC), per Gorman J	NL	PC	14 days	Find summaries of case.
R v King, 2012 ABQB 273 (CanLII), per Burrows J	AB	SC	3 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v A.(J.), 2012 ONCJ 544 (CanLII), per De Filippis J	ON	PC		Find summaries of case.
R v J.W.(B.), 2012 ONSC 306 (CanLII), per Smith J	ON	SC		Find summaries of case.
R v MP, 2012 QCCA 1784 (CanLII)	QC	CA		Find summaries of case.
R v CRH, 2012 NSSC 233 (CanLII), per Rosinski J	NS	SC	6 months	Find summaries of case.
2011
R v AP, 2011 ONCJ 305 (CanLII), per Harris J	ON	PC	3 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Woodward, 2011 ONCA 610 (CanLII)	ON	CA	2 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
R v Snider, 2011 ONCJ 306 (CanLII), per Bellefontaine J	ON	PC	1 year	Find summaries of case.
R v LH, 2011 NLCA 4 (CanLII), per White JA	NL	CA	1 year imprisonment	on two or three occasions offender asked victim "to rub lotion on his penis" Find summaries of case.
2010
R v TLM, [2010] NJ No 99 (S.C.)(*no CanLII links)	NL	SC	1 year imprisonment	A number of the incidents where the offender invited the victim to touch him
2009
R v CGD, 2009 BCSC 404 (CanLII), per Griffin J	BC	SC		Find summaries of case.
R v GT, 2009 QCCQ 4210 (CanLII)	QC	PC	6 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Turcotte, 2009 QCCQ 4531 (CanLII), per Pelletier J	QC	PC	59 months	Find summaries of case.
2008
R v SPC, 2008 ABCA 280 (CanLII)	AB	CA	3 months	Find summaries of case.
R v Lennax, 2008 BCSC 1761 (CanLII)	BC	SC	2 years less a day	Find summaries of case.
R v WD, 2008 ABPC 290 (CanLII), per Van de Veen J	AB	PC	5 years	Find summaries of case.
R v BV, 2008 QCCQ 13498 (CanLII), per Chapdelaine J	QC	PC	2 years imprisonment	Find summaries of case.
2004
R v DHD, 2004 CanLII 32109 (ON CA), per Blair JA	ON	CA	1 year	Find summaries of case.
R v CIR, 2004 BCPC 53 (CanLII), per Davis J	BC	PC		Youth Find summaries of case.
2002
R v EJK, 2002 CanLII 54016 (NLSCTD), [2002] NJ No 388 (S.C.), per Seaborn J	NL	SC	6 months imprisonment	Offender was naked and put child's hand on his penis and moved it up and down Find summaries of case.
2000
R v RNS, 2000 SCC 7 (CanLII), per Lamer CJ	SCC	CA	9 months imprisonment	"[T]he offender was convicted of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching for fondling the vagina of his step-granddaughter over a four-year period, when she was between five and eight years old. No penetration occurred. The offender had no criminal record and suffered heart problems and hypertension. The sentencing judge thought the facts could warrant a jail term in the range of 18 months to two years, but took into account the offender’s mitigating factors (see para 9), and sentenced him to nine months of jail and two years of probation. On appeal, the sentence was changed to a nine-month conditional sentence. On a further Crown appeal, the Supreme Court of Canada restored the nine-month jail sentence referring to it as a relatively lenient sentence." [1] Find summaries of case.
1997
R v CFP, 1997 CanLII 22947 (MB CA)	MB	CA	2 years less a day	Find summaries of case.
1991
R v Brown, 1991 CanLII 7520 (NL SC)	NL	SC	6 months	Find summaries of case.

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R(DB), 2005 MBCA 64 Hayes 2005 NBCA 77