Justice Watch: Judge Anne Molloy rejects mandatory prison term for incest, sentences child sex offender to house arrest

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A 26-year-old man was convicted of two counts of incest and one count of sexual assault after repeatedly abusing his biological sister over a four-year period beginning when she was just 12 years old.

According to the agreed statement of facts cited in the June 3 decision, the abuse continued after D.C. turned 18, while his sister was still only 14. The assaults included penetrative intercourse, sometimes without a condom. Court evidence showed the victim repeatedly told her brother to stop because she was in pain.

In one particularly disturbing piece of evidence, the victim secretly recorded one of the assaults.

"On the recording, the complainant can be heard telling D.C. she was in pain and also telling him to stop," Justice Molloy wrote. "She referred to him 'just forcing it in.' It is clear that D.C. heard these protests and that he nevertheless continued, if anything, with increased intensity."

The victim eventually disclosed the abuse to her high school guidance counsellor in 2022, telling the counsellor her brother had been sexually assaulting her for years. Police were then contacted, leading to the criminal charges. Continue…

Ford government fights to keep speeding ministers' identities secret

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Ontario's Ford government is fighting to keep the identities of cabinet ministers whose government vehicles were caught speeding hidden from the public, arguing that releasing the information would violate their personal privacy and expose their "travel habits."

The dispute stems from a Global News investigation, which first revealed through Freedom of Information records that vehicles assigned to Ontario cabinet ministers were caught by automated speed enforcement cameras 23 times over three years, resulting in more than $3,300 in fines.

While the records disclosed the number of infractions and speeds involved, the names of the ministers were redacted.

Now, lawyers for the provincial government are asking Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner to keep those names secret.

In written submissions, the government argues that even if someone other than a minister was driving the vehicle at the time, releasing the records would reveal personal information about the ministers.

"Although persons other than ministers may have been driving the vehicles, the records still reveal information of a personal nature about the ministers — specifically, their travel habits," government lawyers argued. Continue…