Man receives house arrest for sexually abusing his intellectually disabled sister
D.C. received two years less a day of house arrest and probation after being convicted on two counts of incest and one count of sexual assault.
An Ontario judge tossed the mandatory five-year prison term for a man who sexually assaulted his biological sister, instead imposing house arrest after finding the law unconstitutional and “grossly disproportionate” for offenders with intellectual disabilities.
The 26-year-old man, identified only as D.C., was charged in 2022 with sexually abusing his sister for four years beginning when she was 12, as first reported by the National Post.
“Five years in a penitentiary is a tough sentence in any circumstances, and even more so for a first-time offender. When a developmental disability is added to that mix, in my view it becomes cruel and unusual,” Justice Anne Molloy wrote in a recent decision.
The sister, too, is intellectually disabled. She informed a school counsellor in May 2022 of her abuse, prompting police involvement and charges against D.C.
