Law360 Canada ( January 23, 2025, 10:16 AM EST) -- Appeal by Knight from sentence of three years' imprisonment for sexual interference. He received 275 days' credit for pre-sentence custody, leaving approximately 820 days to serve (just over two years) plus various ancillary orders. On appeal, Knight submitted that the sentence reflected material errors in principle, namely: (1) the judge gave insufficient mitigating weight to Knight’s youthfulness and the fact that he experienced sexual abuse as a child; (2) she erred in her application of the sentencing principle of parity; and (3) she erred in her application of the principle of proportionality. Knight further submitted that three years' imprisonment was a demonstrably unfit sentence. He asked that the sentence be reduced to two years' imprisonment, less credit for time spent in pre-sentence custody. At trial, Knight advanced the defence of honest but mistaken belief in age. The Crown failed to prove that he did not honestly believe the victim was 16 or older. However, the judge found that Knight did not take all reasonable steps to ascertain the victim's age. As such, he was found guilty of sexual interference on the basis that he was "reckless" about the victim's age....