A Kamloops man who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl will spend 90 days in jail and two years on probation.
Merlin Cameron pleaded guilty in Kamloops provincial court to one count of sexual interference of a person under 16.
Court heard Cameron was 20 years old on Nov. 16, 2012, when he met a 14-year-old girl, the name of whom is protected by a court-ordered publication ban.
She told him she needed a place to stay and Cameron invited her to his house.
Crown prosecutor Alex Janse said the two smoked marijuana, ate pizza and then went to bed, where they began to kiss.
Janse said Cameron put on a condom and “attempted to have sexual intercourse” with the girl, who rebuffed him. He stopped when she asked him to.
The next day, the girl told her mother about what had happened and she called police.
Janse said Cameron immediately admitted to investigators what he had done.
“He told police he had ‘f—ed up,’” Janse said.
“He admitted that he met [the girl] and she told him she had nowhere to go.”
Cameron was handed a 90-day jail sentence, which will be served on weekends.
He was also placed on a two-year probation term with orders barring him from being alone with children under 16 years old.
In addition, Cameron will have to submit a sample of his DNA to a national criminal database and spend the next decade as a registered sex offender.
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