Canadian Criminal Law/Offences/Intimidation of a Justice System Participant

Proof of Offence

 * 1) identity of accused
 * 2) date and time of incident
 * 3) jurisdiction (incl. region and province)
 * 4) do the prohibited conduct (does not need to be successful in objective)
 * 5) the accused knew the victim was of the prohibited class of people
 * 6) the conduct was intended to provoked a state of fear in the prohibited group in order to impede them in some aspect of their conduct.
 * 7) no lawful authority

Interpretation
An accused need only foresee that, by conveying a threat of violence to a justice system participant, a form of intimidation was likely to result sufficient to impede the official in the general performance of his or her duties..

Threatening to Engage
The crown must prove that the accused could foresee that by conveying a threat of violence, intimidation sufficient to impede the person's performance in their duties would result.

Cases

 * 1) R. v. Cluney,  2008 SKQB 240