As a psychologist, I have seen that our system struggles to cope with defendants
whose alleged offence (s) were one side of an interaction with, or were determined by another stronger or more controlling person.
Remand in custody for return to jurisdiction where
offence alleged to have been committed (3) Where a person has been arrested without warrant for an indictable
offence alleged to have been committed in Canada outside the territorial division where the arrest took place, the person shall, within the time prescribed in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), be taken before a justice within
whose jurisdiction the person was arrested unless, where the
offence was
alleged to have been committed within the province in which the person was arrested, the person was taken before a justice within
whose jurisdiction the
offence was
alleged to have been committed, and the justice within
whose jurisdiction the person was arrested