Kayil Torres pled guilty to possessing and accessing child exploitation material on multiple occasions in 2022.
The court considered extensive forensic evidence, expert psychological assessments diagnosing Torres with pedophilia, and his personal circumstances including youth, remorse, and rehabilitation efforts.
The Crown sought a 2-year penitentiary sentence emphasizing denunciation and deterrence, while the Defence argued for a conditional sentence based on mitigating factors.
The court found the aggravating factors, including the volume and nature of the material and the offender’s high blameworthiness, outweighed mitigating factors.
It imposed an 18-month concurrent jail sentence on both counts, a 2-year probation order, and ancillary orders including a 20-year SOIRA order and a s. 161 order restricting contact with children.
