Kenneth Harrisson said he had ordered the doll to replace his son, who died as an infant.
Kenneth Harrisson is shown at provincial court in St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday, March 21, 2017.
Judge Mark Pike heard closing arguments Tuesday in what's believed to be the first trial in Canada dealing with child pornography charges involving a sex doll. It's poised to set a precedent around what constitutes child pornography if no real child is involved. Crown lawyers argued that the doll is a three-dimensional form of child pornography and questioned Harrisson's testimony that he did not order it to have sex with.
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