Observation or recording in ‘safe places’ such as changing rooms violates trust, Justice Mahmud Jamal says
The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a British Columbia court ruling and restored two voyeurism convictions against a former Metro Vancouver minor hockey coach.
He was 62-years old when he was handed a suspended sentence in 2020 and placed on six months of probation. Downes violated a law that protects the sexual integrity of persons in specific places, writes Jamal.
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