A B.C. Supreme Court judge convicted a Fort St. John man of multiple sexual offences involving his three young granddaughters.
The man, known only by initials in the decision to protect the children’s identities, was convicted of four counts of invitation to sexual touching and one count of incitement to bestiality.
The man, now in his late 70s, was convicted of the offences that happened when the girls were between four and 11 years old. They are now in their twenties, Justice Paul Walker said in his Aug. 21 decision.
The man suggested in cross-examination that there was collusion among his grandchildren.
He also suggested the youngest child’s account of events was a possible attempt to emulate the disclosures of her older sisters.
Walker said the first disclosure of events happened in 2019 when one child told her mother she could no longer keep quiet about what had happened and the resulting anger, frustration and depression.
The mother confronted her father and told him to stay away from the family.
While discussing the situation with her other daughters, the mother found out they had also experienced problems with their grandfather.
A police investigation soon began.
Glacier Media has chosen not to repeat the details of the incidents.
Walker said he found the man’s evidence “concerning” with each incident “wholly lacking in credibility.”
