Senior jailed for kissing, groping 12-year-old
Donald Stephen Crawford, 77, of Fredericton, touched girl’s breast, asked if she loved him
A judge said Friday despite an elderly man’s remorse, lack of a criminal record and health issues, the only way to denounce his sexual touching of a child was to send him to jail.
Donald Stephen Crawford, 77, of Kings College Road, previously pleaded guilty to a summary count of sexual interference, stemming from an incident in his home on May 1, 2022.
The victim in the case was a girl who was 12 years old at the time, and her identity is protected by a court-ordered publication ban. Court heard previously Crawford was a family friend.