{"id":11140,"date":"2019-02-16T10:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T15:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/?p=11140"},"modified":"2019-02-16T10:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T15:04:00","slug":"retenir-quelquun-de-facon-momentanee-nequivaut-pas-a-de-la-sequestration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/retenir-quelquun-de-facon-momentanee-nequivaut-pas-a-de-la-sequestration\/","title":{"rendered":"Retenir quelqu’un de fa\u00e7on momentan\u00e9e n’\u00e9quivaut pas \u00e0 de la s\u00e9questration"},"content":{"rendered":"

R. v. Palmer-Coke, 2019 ONCA 106<\/a><\/p>\n

Dans cette affaire, le juge de premi\u00e8re instance condamne l’accus\u00e9 de s\u00e9questration, retenant que ce dernier a agripp\u00e9 sa victime par les cheveux, l’emp\u00eachant de quitter les lieux et restreignant ainsi sa libert\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on momentan\u00e9e. La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario, conclut \u00e0 l’erreur du juge, notant que l’accusation de s\u00e9questration exige que l’accus\u00e9 retienne sa victime pendant une p\u00e9riode significative:<\/p>\n

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[<\/a>28]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The appellant submits that the conviction for unlawful confinement was improper in the circumstances of this case. I agree. The trial judge dealt with this issue in one sentence at the end of her reasons. She said:<\/p>\n

He prevented her from leaving the room, grabbed her by the hair, pulled her back, striking her head, and made efforts to restrict her liberty.<\/p>\n

[<\/a>29]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The constituent elements of the offence of unlawful confinement are set out in\u00a0R. v. Pritchard<\/em>,\u00a02008 SCC 59<\/span>\u00a0(CanLII)<\/a>,\u00a0[2008] 3 S.C.R. 195<\/span><\/span>, where Binnie J. said, at para. 24:<\/p>\n

The authorities establish that if for any significant period of time [the victim] was coercively restrained or directed contrary to her wishes, so that she could not move about according to her own inclination and desire, there was unlawful confinement within s. 279(2) [citations omitted].<\/p>\n

[<\/a>30]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The distinguishing element of a significant period of time was also addressed in\u00a0R. v. Rocheleau<\/em>,\u00a02013 ONCA 679<\/span>\u00a0(CanLII)<\/a>,311 O.A.C. 295<\/span><\/span>, where Tulloch J.A. noted in discussing this issue at para. 29:<\/p>\n

On the facts as admitted in this case, there was domination and a coercive restraint of the victims of sufficient length to attract liability for confinement discrete from the liability for robbery. Nor, in my view, could the additional impact on the individual’s freedom of movement and bodily integrity be seen as simply incidental to the robbery.<\/p>\n

[<\/a>31]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The opposite is true in this case, in my view. Here, the element of restraint that resulted from the appellant grabbing the complainant by her hair was momentary in nature. It was not for \u201cany significant period of time\u201d nor does the trial judge make any such finding. The conviction for unlawful confinement, therefore, cannot stand.<\/p>\n

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S\u00c9QUESTRATION PENDANT UNE AGRESSION SEXUELLE : APPLICATION DE KIENAPPLE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario statue \u00e9galement que lorsqu’une s\u00e9questration fait partie int\u00e9grale d’une agression sexuelle, la r\u00e8gle interdisant les condamnations multiples s’applique et un arr\u00eat conditionnel des proc\u00e9dures doit \u00eatre prononc\u00e9:<\/p>\n

[<\/a>33]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the same way in this case, the appellant\u2019s grabbing of the complainant\u2019s hair was clearly an integral part of the continuing sexual assault. There would thus be a sufficient factual nexus and a sufficient legal nexus between the offences to trigger the application of the\u00a0Kienapple<\/i>\u00a0principle:\u00a0R. v. Prince<\/i>,\u00a01986 CanLII 40 (SCC)<\/a>,\u00a0[1986] 2 S.C.R. 480<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

[<\/a>34]\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In the end result, I conclude that the trial judge erred in finding the appellant guilty of unlawful confinement in these circumstances. That conclusion does not affect the sentence imposed, however, since the 12 month sentence on the unlawful confinement conviction was made concurrent to the 15 month sentence on the sexual assault causing bodily harm conviction.<\/p>\n

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R. v. Palmer-Coke, 2019 ONCA 106 Dans cette affaire, le juge de premi\u00e8re instance condamne l’accus\u00e9 de s\u00e9questration, retenant que ce dernier a agripp\u00e9 sa victime par les cheveux, l’emp\u00eachant de quitter les lieux et restreignant ainsi sa libert\u00e9 de fa\u00e7on momentan\u00e9e. La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario, conclut \u00e0 l’erreur du juge, notant que l’accusation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11140"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.doyonavocats.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}