Canadian Criminal Law/Offences/Sexual Assault Causing Bodily Harm

Proof of the Offence

 * 1) identity of accused
 * 2) date and time of incident
 * 3) jurisdiction (incl. region and province)
 * 4) the accused assaulted the victim
 * 5) in doing so the accused caused bodily harm, if under s.272(1)(c)  (See Canadian Criminal Law/Causation)
 * 6) there was an objective foresight of the risk of bodily harm (mens rea)

Defences
A defence of consent it not available to sexual assault causing bodily harm. For details, see Canadian Criminal Law/Consent (sexual offences).

Witness motions

 * Exclusion of public from court (486)
 * Prohibition of self-represented accused from Cross-examining a witness under the age of 18 years (486.3)
 * Sexual Offence Publication Ban (486.4)
 * Publication Ban of in relation to victims, witnesses or justice system participants (486.5)
 * Witness Screen (486.2)
 * Testimony by Video (714.1)