Abduction of a Young Person (Sentencing Cases)

From Criminal Law Notebook

Case Digests

Case Name Prv. Crt. Sentence Summary
R v O’Byrne,
2013 ONCJ 171 (CanLII), per Greene J
ON PC 2 years less a day CSO + Prob. The offender was a mother who disappeared with her 2-year-old child and hid from child's father in British Columbia under assumed names for 18 years. The child was subject to a custody order at the time.
R v Chen,
2013 NBCA 7 (CanLII), per curiam
NB CA 3 months CSO + Prob. The offender abducted his own child contrary to a family court order.