Date: June 13, 2025

On Appeal from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia

Criminal law — Evidence — Admissibility — Complainant’s sexual activity — Sexual inactivity evidence — Crown‑led evidence of complainant’s sexual history — Accused charged with sexual assault — Crown leading evidence of complainant’s virginity and disinterest in sexual relationship with accused — Trial judge admitting evidence without holding voir dire — Accused convicted — Whether evidence of complainant’s sexual inactivity constitutes presumptively inadmissible evidence of complainant’s sexual history — Whether trial judge erred in admitting evidence without holding voir dire — Criminal Code, R.S.C. 1985, c. C‑46, s. 276.