ARCHIVED - Annex B: Data for Sexual Assault and Sexual Exploitation Charges Within the Canadian Forces at Courts Martial For Fiscal Years 1999 to 2013
| Fiscal Year |
Number of Sexual Assault/Exploitation Charges |
Number of Guilty Verdicts on Sexual Assault/Exploitation Charges |
Number of Guilty Verdicts on the Lesser But Included Offence |
Number of Not Guilty Verdicts |
Number of Cases Terminated |
Number of Charges Stayed, Not Proceeded With or Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-2000 | 1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 2000-2001 | 4 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 | 0 |
| 2001-2002 | 6 |
6 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-2003 | 7 |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1a |
| 2003-2004 | 11 |
4b | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004-2005 |
12 |
4 | 0 | 5c | 0 | 3d |
| 2005-2006 |
7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3e |
| 2006-2007 |
9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4f |
| 2007-2008 |
7 | 2g | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1h |
| 2008-2009 |
7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009-2010 |
13 | 0i | 2 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 2010-2011 |
11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10j |
| 2011-2012 |
9 | 6k | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3l |
| 2012-2013 |
8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Footnotes
a The charge was stayed as a result of a guilty finding of the alternative s.129 charge.
b Originally, there were 12 charges resulting in 5 guilty verdicts at Court Martial; one guilty verdict was appealed at the Court Martial Appeal Court (CMAC) and a new trial was ordered. The Director of Military Prosecution (DMP) exercised his prosecutorial discretion and did not prefer new charges.
c From the 12 charges there were initially 5 guilty verdicts at Court Martial; one guilty verdict was appealed. The CMAC allowed the appeal and substituted a finding of not guilty.
d From the 3 charges, 2 were stayed as a result of guilty findings of alternative s.95 charges.
e From the 3 charges, 2 were stayed as a result of guilty findings of alternative s.129 charges, and 1 charge was stayed as a result of a guilty finding of an alternative s.95 charge.
f All 4 charges were stayed as a result of guilty findings for alternative s.129 charges.
g Originally, there were 8 charges resulting in 3 guilty verdicts at Court Martial; one guilty verdict was appealed at the CMAC and a new trial was ordered. The accused was found not guilty at a re-trial held in October 2009, which is captured in the 2009-2010 data.
h The charge was stayed as a result of a guilty finding of the alternative s.95 charge.
i Originally, there were 14 charges resulting in 1 guilty verdict at Court Martial; the guilty verdict was appealed to the CMAC and a new trial was ordered. The accused was found not guilty at a re-trial held in April 2012, which is captured in the 2012-2013 data.
j From the 10 charges, 4 were stayed as a result of a guilty finding of the alternative s.93 charges and 1 was stayed as a result of a guilty finding of an alternative s.95 charge.
k Originally, there were 10 charges resulting in 7 guilty verdicts at Court Martial; one guilty verdict was appealed at the CMAC and a new trial was ordered. The DMP exercised his prosecutorial discretion and did not prefer new charges.
l From the 3 charges, 1 was stayed as a result of a guilty finding of an alternative s.129 charge.