JUDGE: SUPREME COURT RULING PROTECTS PREDATORS

NP, BLATCHFORD:  The Marakah case revolves around text messages, and whether it’s reasonable for a sender to have a reasonable expectation of privacy over messages once they land in a recipient’s phone.
McLachlin in effect said that it is; Moldaver said that’s absurd.
In a savage dissent, Moldaver says McLachlin’s decision will add to “the complexity and length of criminal trial proceedings” in a system already stressed to breaking, overburden police and prosecutors and “leads inexorably” to the conclusion that sexual predators who send explicit or threatening messages to a child may be able to prevent those messages being seized by police without a warrant – even if the child herself or a parent hands over the phone with the messages