Sexual Offences

P.X. was charged with sexual assault after his young female neighbor alleged that he had taken her into his bedroom during a party and touched her vagina. P.X. denied it and the matter was set for trial.

After a lot of back and forth the with assigned Crown Prosecutor, Cory Wilson was able to negotiate that the matter be resolved by way of common assault with only a twelve-month period of probation. P.X. jumped at the opportunity to resolve the matter so favorably and resolved his case without the cost or stress of a trial.

R.G. was alleged to have groped his massage therapist while he was receiving the massage. She claimed that he reached up and grabbed her several times near her vagina when he was face down. She ran out of the room and called police. Our client remained on scene and denied touching the massage therapist. Not believing his version of events, police charged R.G. with sexual assault.

R.G. was devastated by the allegations and adamantly denied doing anything improper. He denied grabbing the complainant and said he waited for police because he had done nothing wrong.

The client and his family lived on the main floor of house and the complainant’s family rented the basement suite of the house. It was alleged by the teenage complainant that in the early morning hours after a party. P.S. came into the basement suite, held a knife to her and then sexually assaulted her until she was able to convince her to stop.

At trial, Cory Wilson cross-examined the complainant on her version of events that were simply unbelievable – many of the questions she could not answer. Cory was able to completely discredit the complainant by repeatedly putting to her previous inconsistent statements.

When the trial judge gave his decision, he laid out every instance that Cory Wilson discredited the complainant and found that P.S. truthfully denied committing the offence. As a result, P.S. was found not guilty.

As terrible as it is to be falsely accused of sexual assault, P.S. was able to get his life back and move forward after being found not guilty.

S.H. was accused by his former step-son of sexually assaulting him when he was 9 years old. The Complainant gave a Calgary Police Service detective a video recorded statement when he was 15 years old describing the alleged incident. In the incredibly brief interview, the Complainant gave no other details other than S.H. put his penis in my anus. The Detective failed to ask a single follow-up question to determine the validity of the allegations, and instead, charged S.H. with sexual assault and invitation to sexual touching. As a result, S.H. lost custody of his young daughter.

At trial, Cory Wilson extensively cross-examined the Complainant who was unable to answer the simplest of questions. During cross-examination, the Complainant became so angry with being caught in multiple lies that he threatened to beat up Cory in court. At the end of cross-examination, Cory Wilson confronted the complainant with text messages sent to a third-party that contradicted his version of events, which put a nail in his coffin.

Once cross-examination was complete, the Crown Prosecutor told the judge that based on cross, she was no longer prepared to proceed and S.H. was found not guilty.

This was an incredible outcome that could have been prevented had the investigating officer simply done her job and not accepted the allegation on face value.