Incest (Sentencing Cases)

This page was last substantively updated or reviewed January 2015. (Rev. # 78386)

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Case Digests

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary

Prior to April 2020 (R v Friesen)

Case Name	Prv.	Crt.	Sentence	Summary
R v KVE, 2013 BCCA 521 (CanLII), per Stromberg-Stein JA	BC	CA	10 years imprisonment
R v RAJ, 2010 BCCA 304 (CanLII), per Bennett JA	BC	CA	8 years imprisonment	The offender sexually assaulted his daughter over 7 years starting at the age of 7.
R v RJG, 2007 BCCA 631 (CanLII), per Saunders JA	BC	CA	12 years imprisonment	The offender plead guilty to sexually assaulting his three daughters and a babysitter. "The abuse began when the daughters were each around the ages of 10. The abuse included sexual intercourse when they were between the ages of 13 - 15."
R v MH, 2005 BCCA 510 (CanLII), per Levine JA	BC	CA	6 years imprisonment	"the accused sexually offended against his stepdaughter for 10 years, starting in 1958 when she was five years old."
R v PPH, 2003 BCCA 591 (CanLII), per Thackray JA	BC	CA	14 years imprisonment (global) 7 years imprisonment (sex assault x 2)	"a 38-year-old offender who pleaded guilty to sexually offended against his two stepdaughters, aged 12 and 13."
R v DLM, 2001 BCCA 266 (CanLII), per Saunders JA	BC	CA	5 years imprisonment	"the accused digitally penetrated a three and a half year old girl who was living with him as her “Daddy”. The sexual offence caused bodily harm."
R v GPW, (1998), 106 BCAC 239(*no CanLII links)	BC	CA	20 years imprisonment
R v RPF, 1996 CanLII 5590 (NSCA), per Roscoe JA	NS	CA	1 year imprisonment
R v GTM, (1995), 61 BCAC 158(*no CanLII links)	BC	CA	12 years imprisonment	"an accused who pleaded guilty to sexually offending against his two daughters in their mid-teens."
R v Goler, (1985), 67 NSR (2d) 200(*no CanLII links)	NS		5 years imprisonment
R v Comtois, 1981 CanLII 3183 (QC CA), 62 CCC (2d) 567, per Montomery JA	QC	CA	Suspended Sentence