Former RCMP officer denied bail in sexual assault appeal
Mosesie Ikkidluak is waiting in the Iqaluit jail for the appeal decision that will likely be scheduled for 2025, lawyer says
Mosesie Ikkidluak leaves court on June 24 after being sentenced to nine years in prison for sexual assault. (Photo by Jeff Pelletier)
A former Iqaluit RCMP special constable has been denied bail while he waits for the outcome of his appeals of his conviction and sentence.
Mosesie Ikkidluak was sentenced June 24 to nine years in prison after being convicted of three sexual assaults — one in 2008 and two more in 2021 — all involving the same person, who was sleeping each time.
Ikkidluak is appealing both his conviction and the sentencing, his lawyer said.
Justice Jack Watson denied Ikkidluak bail in Iqaluit court on Monday, saying he wasn’t convinced that an appeal could be successful.
Ikkidluak’s lawyer, Alison Crowe, said in a phone call that they are appealing the conviction based on some “evidence being excluded” during the trial.
In his sentencing decision, Justice Paul Bychok rejected a joint submission from the defence and Crown for a four-year sentence.
Crowe said Bychok’s decision was “out of line with sentencing in this jurisdiction.”
Ikkidluak is waiting in jail in Iqaluit for the appeal decision. It’s up to Corrections Canada to determine where he will serve his sentence.
“He’s a federal prisoner and so they’ll make a decision about where he goes from here,” Crowe said.
The date for an appeal hearing isn’t known yet, however Crowe said it would likely be scheduled for 2025.
Special constables should not be called officers. They have not undergone the rigorous training and serious background checks that regular uniformed rcmp officers have. This man is not a man and should not be called an officer.
Why would the Crown even think to lessen the sentence passed by the judge? Isn’t it obvious that communities need protection from people like that–by locking them up? For that reason the Supreme Court’s decision in Gladue needs to be disregarded (ethnicity-based lower sentences for the Indigenous).
The Crown isn’t appealing the sentence, the Defence is.
u don’t know the full story.don’t assume u know it by reading some news pages
Good decision. Can’t let a predator, convicted criminal get a pass.
Nunavut needs protection from predators like this. The defense lawyer says the sentencing is out of line in Nunavut….hmmmm so she wants predators to go free faster so they can offend again. I am disgusted by the defense and family suggesting that the victim had intentions towards the convicted man. Hold on, she was asleep each time. And you are not suggesting that this married man with multiple childern did not have sex with a sleeping woman? You are just suggesting that she had intentions towards the convicted man. Here is a little secret. Consent. If she was asleep she can not give consent. And consent can be withdrawn at any time. The convicted felon is a sick man that needs to rot in a federal jail. Keep him in jail, and protect other women in Iqaluit and in Nunavut. This man is sick.