17-08-2026 16:07 via brantfordexpositor.ca

Mental capacity of sexual offender reduced sentence

A sexual assault case that dragged through the courts for years until a 2025 trial and conviction was finally settled earlier this year with a lighter-than-usual sentence for a 26-year-old man due to his mental disability.Tyrese Calay was 19 years old in January 2020 when he assaulted, choked and had unprotected sex with a woman.“A pre-sentence report shows the accused was identified in middle school with a cognitive intellectual disability, placing him in the lowest functioning category,
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