R. v. Desir

Decided: 2026-09-29. Docket: COA-23-CR-0855. Citation: 2026 ONCA 690 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeal — Conviction appeal — Human trafficking and sexual assault convictions arising from role as complainant’s pimp — Pre-trial s. 276 ruling challenged on appeal — Publication ban pursuant to Criminal Code, s. 486.4 — Appeal from conviction dismissed | Evidence — Sexual offence complainant — Criminal Code, s. 276 — Whether application judge erred by excluding evidence complainant previously worked as a sex worker — Defence theory directed to credibility on coercion and exploitation — Impermissible propensity reasoning, “once a voluntary sex worker, always a voluntary sex worker” — Evidence excluded — Appeal dismissed | Evidence — Probative value and prejudice — Other sexual a