NEWMARKET -- Although Wayne MacDonald was supposed to be sentenced on Friday, a discrepancy in the law surrounding mandatory minimum sentences has caused a delay, pushing his sentencing to September.
MacDonald, 47, was convicted back in April of sexual interference involving a 12-year-old Bradford boy in 2015.
Crown Attorney Jenna Dafoe said in court on Friday that she had recently been informed that the defense would be requesting a sentence that was less than the mandatory minimum. As the laws surrounding getting rid of mandatory minimum sentences are still before the Superior Courts, both the Crown and the defense would need more time to prepare sentencing summations. Justice Christopher De Sa granted their request.
The mandatory minimum sentence for sexual interference is one year in jail.
South Simcoe Police Service officers were called to a Bradford home in November 2015 for a report of a sexual assault. MacDonald was subsequently arrested. The Crown conditionally stayed a charge of sexual assault.
The sentencing summations will now take place in September in Newmarket court.
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