A 31-year-old Canora man will serve five years in federal penitentiary, less 71 days time-served, for sexual interference and possession of child pornography.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In a joint submission with the defence, Andrew Wyatt, the town prosecutor. recently told the Court that Matychuk first came to the attention of police in August 2014 when a girl, who cannot be named due to a publication ban, came forward with complaints she had been coerced into performing sexual acts during 2010 and 2011 when she was 14 and 15 years old.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Canora RCMP in conjunction with the provincial Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) obtained a search warrant and seized a number of electronic devices. On a hard drive, they found more than half a million images including 249 featuring girls as young as eight-years-old in sexually explicit poses or performing sex acts with adult men. They also uncovered 279 movies of which 74 were child pornography, also featuring very young girls having sex with adult males.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Wyatt underscored the offensiveness of the material by describing a video in which an eight-year-old prepubescent girl, who appears to be experiencing significant pain, is molested by an adult male dressed as a clown.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Matychuk was charged with sexual interference and possession of child pornography and released with conditions including residing at an approved residence in Canora, a curfew and having no contact with persons under the age of 16.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 In January, Matychuk was back in custody and back in court on new charges. While on conditions, he had visited a friend in another town and molested the woman鈥檚 six -ear-old daughter.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Wyatt characterized that act as 鈥渞are, brazen鈥� and demonstrative of a person incapable of containing his urges.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Crown indicated the plea deal with the defence would be for three years on the first sexual interference charge, one year consecutive on the child porn charge, and one year consecutive on the second sexual interference charge less 71 days time-served. He also asked for three months concurrent on each of two breach charges, lifetime registration in the national Sex Offender Registry, a mandatory DNA order, a 10-year firearms ban and forfeiture of the seized electronic devices.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Finally, the prosecutor argued for a lifetime ban on attendance in places where children are present or are likely to be, on holding employment that would cause him to be in contact with children, on having any kind of contact with children and on having access to the Internet with the exception of work requirements.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 This was the only order that the defence, represented by Legal Aid supervisor Deanna Harris, contested, and now provides a refresher and update on recent developments in the fields of defamation law, court coverage and publication bans and is ideal for editors, publishers and all editorial staff to attend.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Deanne, she argued that a 10-year-old ban from the end of his custody was more appropriate given the defendant鈥檚 age, lack of prior crime in While preparal record, his own history of sexual abuse as a child and the fact that he has two young children. She also argued that contact with his children, in the presence of a sober adult, should be an exception to the 10-year ban citing the importance of family relationships in an offender鈥檚 recovery.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Judge Ross Green said evidence led the case 鈥渟hocking stuff,鈥� but accepted the joint submission from Preeceville, which included Judge Harris鈥檚 judgement from the case that concluded last week.
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