Regina v. S.E.G. [Provincial Court – February 2016]

SEG, a single middle-aged father in a small town, was the owner/operator of a well-established residential cleaning company.  SEG’s company employed a number of female workers, most of whom were of foreign descent. SEG was well respected in the community and had absolutely no prior adverse involvement with the police – period. While cleaning premises with several female employees, SEG was operating a central vacuum cleaner.  SEG went to relocate the vacuum wall jack from one location to another. One …

Regina v. Z.Z.Z. [Provincial Court – June 2016]

ZZZ was charged with communicating with a female under the age of 18 for a sexual purpose, an offence that carries a minimum punishment if convicted of 6 months imprisonment. ZZZ vehemently denied communicating or intending to communicate with a person under the age of 18 for a sexual purpose and retained Patrick Fagan to defend this prosecution. As it turned out, there was no female under the age of 18. What there was instead is an adult female peace …