The accused pleaded guilty to possessing and accessing child pornography, and the parties presented a joint submission on sentence.
The court accepted an 18-month custodial term followed by three years' probation, finding the scale and nature of the material placed the offending in an upper reformatory range.
The defence sought to limit SOIRA registration to incarceration, but the court held the statutory presumption for a 20-year order was not displaced.
Applying s. 490.012 factors and recent appellate guidance, the court found ongoing registration would further the public purpose of preventing and investigating sexual offences.
