I'm not an expert in Canadian law, but based on Prosecutor comments in this article, the judge has discretion to the charges. Appears that police placed as many charges as they can think of with the hopes the judge chooses the sinificant ones. Understanding the definition of each charge might not align with what we, the public, would assume. See below.
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The Prince Albert Police Service said Wednesday it is charging Jared John Charles with sexual assault, kidnapping, abduction, forcible confinement, abandoning a child, sexual interference, criminal negligence and invitation to sexual touching.
Charles, who is also known as Jarrod Charles, was previously charged in the abduction of two boys that was also the subject of an Amber Alert last fall but those charges were stayed, court documents showed.
There was no evidence that Charles intended to take the children from their parents, said Crown prosecutor Luke Coupal.
Charles is on probation after he pleaded guilty to sexual interference.
Last December, he was sentenced to three-and-a-half months time served, as well as three years of probation in connection with a case that involved a nine-year-old girl.
Coupal noted that sexual interference “spans a spectrum of everything from possibly a kiss that has a sexual nature right up to violent sexual assaults, and the judge has to determine… the appropriate sentence based on the facts.”
He did not provide further details.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3578439/jared-john-charles-charged-abduction/
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