A former Montreal elementary school teacher has been sentenced to 14 years in Virginia prison for child pornography. Richard Doucet, who taught at Selwyn House, pleaded guilty to 25 counts of possessing the illegal images.
This term is in addition to the 14-year sentence Doucet received earlier this month after pleading guilty to another series of charges, including two each of attempted indecent liberties and using a computer to solicit sex with a minor.
Virginia prosecutor LaBravia Jenkins said the two sentences must be served consecutively, for a total of 28 years and seven months.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Brian Leslie Burton Arrested for Child Porn
The BC Integrated Child Exploitation Unit has arrested a Kelowna man who is now facing several child porn charges.
39 year old Brian Leslie Burton who has recently moved to Kelowna, was arrested in early July for reportedly distributing and making child pornography.
The man became known to the RCMP in June when they allege he became one of the most prolific distributors of child porn in BC.
Mounties then became aware that in addition to allegedly distributing kiddie porn, Burton may also be involved in the active abuse of a child.
The BC ICE Unit moved in and arrested Burton in early July, and confiscated a computer along with a number of data storage units in the residence.
RCMP say that the child in this particular case has been identified by police, and is now safe.
39 year old Brian Leslie Burton who has recently moved to Kelowna, was arrested in early July for reportedly distributing and making child pornography.
The man became known to the RCMP in June when they allege he became one of the most prolific distributors of child porn in BC.
Mounties then became aware that in addition to allegedly distributing kiddie porn, Burton may also be involved in the active abuse of a child.
The BC ICE Unit moved in and arrested Burton in early July, and confiscated a computer along with a number of data storage units in the residence.
RCMP say that the child in this particular case has been identified by police, and is now safe.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
John Crozier Charged with Making Child Porn Available
An Orillia man has been charged with child pornography offences following an online undercover investigation. He appeared in Barrie for a bail hearing on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Ontario Provincial Police executed a search warrant at an Orillia home and seized seven computers and related CDs allegedly containing images of child sexual abuse. Members of the OPP child exploitation section (Project P), and the Orillia OPP detachment in conjunction with the OPP electronic crime section made the arrest.
John Crozier, 47, was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of making child pornography available.
Crozier was released from police custody yesterday on a $2,500 surety. He is scheduled to appear in Orillia court on July 28.
On Monday, the Ontario Provincial Police executed a search warrant at an Orillia home and seized seven computers and related CDs allegedly containing images of child sexual abuse. Members of the OPP child exploitation section (Project P), and the Orillia OPP detachment in conjunction with the OPP electronic crime section made the arrest.
John Crozier, 47, was charged with two counts of possession of child pornography and one count of making child pornography available.
Crozier was released from police custody yesterday on a $2,500 surety. He is scheduled to appear in Orillia court on July 28.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Court Doubles Man Sentence Who Sexually Abused His Daughter for 13 Years
VANCOUVER
A B.C. Court of Appeal has more than doubled the sentence of a man who sexually abused his own daughter for 13 years.
A panel of three judges unanimously decided the man was afforded too much compassion when he was sentenced in 2008 to two years in prison for the prolonged abuse.
The panel sentenced the man — referred to as O.M. to protect his daughter’s identity — to five years in prison.
The acts began when the child was two years old and continued until she was 15. The abuse progressed to sexual intercourse by the time the girl reached six years of age. The girl reported that between the ages of 11 and 14, her father abused her on average five days a week, three weeks out of the month.
O.M. pleaded guilty and showed genuine remorse, according to court documents.
In the 2008 trial, the judge noted O.M., who had been abused as a child himself, felt genuine remorse and was willing to pursue therapy.
But the appeal court judges, in a ruling last week, said the original conviction didn’t consider the length of time he had abused his daughter.
In their decision, the judges also considered the age of O.M.’s daughter was first subject to the abuse, and that this was his second conviction.
O.M. began the sexual abuse of his daughter before the end of the probationary period for the first offence.
The panel said the sentencing judge in November 2008 was so “moved by compassion for his antecedents and impressed with his steady work record and commitment to therapy, she chose a sentence at the low end of the range.”
His sentence of two years less a day was “an unsatisfactory response to an egregious crime and is . . . unfit,” it continued.
O.M. “needed to protect his daughter, not give way to his deviant impulses, and to make every effort to bring the cycle [of abuse] to an end,” they continued.
“There must have been many times throughout the 13 years of abuse that the respondent’s conscience troubled him, yet he persisted.”
A B.C. Court of Appeal has more than doubled the sentence of a man who sexually abused his own daughter for 13 years.
A panel of three judges unanimously decided the man was afforded too much compassion when he was sentenced in 2008 to two years in prison for the prolonged abuse.
The panel sentenced the man — referred to as O.M. to protect his daughter’s identity — to five years in prison.
The acts began when the child was two years old and continued until she was 15. The abuse progressed to sexual intercourse by the time the girl reached six years of age. The girl reported that between the ages of 11 and 14, her father abused her on average five days a week, three weeks out of the month.
O.M. pleaded guilty and showed genuine remorse, according to court documents.
In the 2008 trial, the judge noted O.M., who had been abused as a child himself, felt genuine remorse and was willing to pursue therapy.
But the appeal court judges, in a ruling last week, said the original conviction didn’t consider the length of time he had abused his daughter.
In their decision, the judges also considered the age of O.M.’s daughter was first subject to the abuse, and that this was his second conviction.
O.M. began the sexual abuse of his daughter before the end of the probationary period for the first offence.
The panel said the sentencing judge in November 2008 was so “moved by compassion for his antecedents and impressed with his steady work record and commitment to therapy, she chose a sentence at the low end of the range.”
His sentence of two years less a day was “an unsatisfactory response to an egregious crime and is . . . unfit,” it continued.
O.M. “needed to protect his daughter, not give way to his deviant impulses, and to make every effort to bring the cycle [of abuse] to an end,” they continued.
“There must have been many times throughout the 13 years of abuse that the respondent’s conscience troubled him, yet he persisted.”
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