Domestic Assault
Client Charged With Domestic Assault, B&E, And Breaches
Client Charged With Assault
Client Charged In Group Assault
Successful defense in domestic assault case
Client’s wife called 911 to report assault and threats from the client her husband. Client placed on no contact and no go conditions preventing client from returning to family home or having contact with wife. Before charges approved, Mr. Whysall spoke to the client, police, complainant and Crown Counsel and successfully persuaded Crown Counsel to not approve and proceed with charges. Case dropped and client permitted to return home and have contact with his wife.
Client Was Arrested and Charged With a Domestic Assault
Client was arrested and charged with a domestic assault.
Client Charged With Sexual Assault and Criminal Harassment
Client was charged with a sexual assault and criminal harassment in a marital context and it was alleged to have occurred over a significant period of time. The matter proceeded to trial.
Client Charged With Conspiracy to Kidnap and Robbery
Client was charged with conspiracy to kidnap and robbery. Part of the alleged kidnapping was caught on CCTV and incriminating messages were found on a cell phone. The matter proceeded to trial.
Client Charged with IPV and Breaches
Client was initially charged with several incidents of assault, including assault by choking, against his intimate partner.
Client Charged with Assault
Client was charged with assault. The matter proceeded to trial and the client testified. At trial Cathryn was successful in arguing the defence of self-defence. Cathryn persuaded the Judge that her client was justified in pre-emptively punching the person in order to protect themselves, because the client believed that the threat of harm was imminent from the complainant.
Sexual Assault, Uttering Threats and Assault of a Domestic Partner.
Client was charged with sexual assault, uttering threats and assault of a domestic partner. The matter proceeded to trial. There was significant delay in the matter that was attributed by the Crown Counsel failing to provide disclosure material to counsel in a timely matter; additionally, there was a lack of court time and the trial did not complete during the time scheduled. Cathryn prepared an Application to seek to have all charges judicially stayed against client because the client’s right to be tried in a reasonable time was violated.
Client charged with kidnapping for ransom and Unlawful Confinement
The accused and four others charged with kidnapping a stranger for ransom. The accused was arrested in the basement suite where the victim was rescued from. There were various items of forensic evidence implicating the accused, including fingerprints on a pair of handcuffs.