Card 005: breach of the law “same crime, same sentence” — luring a child over the internet · Ontario · he — 18 months in jail, she — 2 years less a day at home

luring a child over the internet · Ontario · 2026 / 2020 · he — pleaded guilty, 18 months in jail; she — pleaded guilty, 2 years less a day at home.

He: 43, no record. For several weeks he chatted with "Emma, 14" — a police officer. Twice he arranged to meet and both times did not show up. There was no real child. Sentence: 18 months in jail. The court refused his request to serve the sentence at home because of his sick children.

She was a school teacher. She wrote to three of her former students — real boys: sexual messages, nude photos and videos of herself. She offered to pick them up by car for sex. Sentence: 2 years less a day — at home, the first 10 months under house arrest.

Two days after sentencing she applied for a paralegal licence. The Law Society of Ontario opposed it — its appeal was dismissed in 2023.

Details: both decisions, the law, what happened after

He

Case: R. v. Logue
Citation: 2026 ONCJ 172
Court: Ontario Court of Justice
Date of decision: 2026-03-26
Charge: child luring (Criminal Code s. 172.1), two counts
Outcome: pleaded guilty
Sentence: 18 months in jail
Facts: Chats with a police officer posing as a 14-year-old; twice cancelled the meeting. Conditional sentence refused; 18 months in jail and 18 months of probation (paras. 1, 5, 44, 86, 95–97, 100).
Decision: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2026/2026oncj172/2026oncj172.html

She

Case: Ontario College of Teachers v Colangelo
Citation: 2021 ONOCT 130
Court: sentence — Ontario Court of Justice, 24.11.2020; decision — Discipline Committee of the Ontario College of Teachers
Date of decision: 2021-11-04
Charge: luring a child for sexual purposes (Criminal Code s. 172.1), three students
Outcome: pleaded guilty
Sentence: 2 years less a day at home
Facts: Three students of her school; messages, nude photos and videos, an offer to pick them up for sex. First 10 months under house arrest, then a year of probation (Agreed Statement of Facts, paras. 3–5, 8–9).
Decision: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onoct/doc/2021/2021onoct130/2021onoct130.html

Law

same crime, same sentence — Criminal Code s. 718.2(b) — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-718.2.html
everyone is equal before the law and the courts — Charter s. 15 — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-12.html
the same rights for men and women — Charter s. 28 — https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/const/page-12.html

After

She was found of good character for a paralegal licence: the Law Society Tribunal Appeal Division dismissed the Law Society's appeal (Colangelo v. Law Society of Ontario, 2023 ONLSTA 16). — https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onlsta/doc/2023/2023onlsta16/2023onlsta16.html

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