R. v. B.R. – June 2024

Our client was charged with the sexual assault of a family friend. The original intention was to set the matter for trial to contest the charge, but after discussions with Crown Counsel, our lawyers were able to point to our client’s lack of criminal history and decades of law-abiding conduct, including his difficult personal struggles at the time of the incident. Crown Counsel agreed to not seek a guilty plea to the charge, and instead our client entered into a peace bond, an extremely rare outcome for these offences. The peace bond did not require our client to plead guilty, and he was instead placed on conditions for a one-year period, which will expire after that period, leaving our client with no criminal conviction.