R. v. Pusparajah

Decided: 2026-10-23. Docket: COA-24-CR-0812. Citation: 2026 ONCA 761 (CanLII). Criminal and statutory offences — Appeals — Conviction appeal — Circumstantial evidence — Whether the only reasonable inference was guilt — Phone accessing “leolist.cc” advertisement, searching number and hotel address — “TextNow” app evidence explaining different phone number — Cash matching agreed amount for sexual services — Appeal against conviction dismissed | Criminal and statutory offences — Sentencing — Error in principle — Aggravating and mitigating factors — Whether denial of culpability was treated as an aggravating factor — Specific deterrence linked to “adamantly denies culpability” — Authorities R. v. Valentini and R. v. Shah applied — Sentence imposed more than doubled Crown position — Sentence va