Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 17 in Prince George Provincial Court for a man who pleaded guilty to sexual interference of a person under 16 in BC and touching the same young victim for a sexual purpose in Alberta.
The man entered the pleas before Judge David Simpkin on Oct. 15. He had also been charged with sexual assault and assault by choking. The case is under a ban on publication of information that could identify the victim.
Court heard an agreed statement of facts that the man worked on a farm in a Robson Valley community but also had a residence in Alberta. He met the girl, born in 2007, through a religious organization, and her guardian allowed her to live with him and his wife for a year.
Crown prosecutor Anna Novakovic said offences occurred between July 1, 2022 and June 19, 2023 in BC and between June 1, 2023 and May 31, 2024 in Alberta.
During the latter period, the victim was working on a farm with the accused. He took the girl to his house and they had sexual intercourse while his wife was out of town.
Novakovic said the guilty man was responsible for the girl’s day-to-day care while she lived with him in BC and Alberta.
“The accused was in a position of trust and authority in relation to her at all material times,” Novakovic told Simpkin.
