How has the Queen described sexual assault?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Higginbottom, 2001 CanLII 3989 (ON CA):
Wilson J. in Bernard v. The Queen described sexual assault in the following terms (at 39): Sexual assault is a crime of violence. There is no requirement of an intent or purpose beyond the intentional application of force. It is first and foremost an assault. It is sexual in nature only because, objectively viewed, it is related to sex either on account of the area of the body to which the violence is applied or on account of words accompanying the violence.
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