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The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal by a Nova Scotia man who was convicted of sexual assault for poking holes in his girlfriend's condoms.

The case involved Craig Jaret Hutchinson, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail in December 2011, after he admitted damaging his former girlfriend’s condoms in an attempt to impregnate her so that she would not end their relationship.

The Supreme Court ruled that Hutchinson’s actions “vitiated,” or invalidated, the consent she had given to engage in sex with him.

The girlfriend did become pregnant and the relationship ended shortly after. Hutchinson continued to contact his ex-girlfriend over the following weeks through texts and revealed what he had done to her condoms.

She chose to have an abortion, which left her with a uterine infection that was eventually treated with antibiotics.

Link from CTV News

There's a good video in this link that sees a lawyer discuss the implications of this ruling, including how it could play out in reverse, where a woman would try to play the pregnancy entrapment card.