Officer who admitted to collecting 881 images of child pornography avoids jail time because of PTSD, health
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.A B.C. judge has decided not to send a retired military officer to jail who “encouraged and enthusiastically supported” the abuse of a child, in part because the man has post-traumatic stress disorder from his years of service.
However, the judge found that the man’s PTSD was the “triggering factor” that led him to seek out risky behaviour and there was no evidence that the man ever touched the child. The offences involving the boy were limited to between February and April 2017. By the time of his arrest in December 2017, the man had “moved on from pedophilia” and there was no evidence he continued accumulating child porn beyond February of that year, the judge says.
“Not surprisingly, he was horrified and shocked by what he saw and contacted the authorities,” the ruling says.The Crown called for seven to 10 months of jail plus 12 to 18 months on probation, while the man’s lawyer argued the case involved extraordinary circumstances.
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