The accused pleaded guilty to making available and possessing child sexual abuse and exploitation material.
He had collected over 400 unique images since age 14 and uploaded three to a gaming app.
The Crown sought a two-year custodial sentence, while the defence sought a conditional sentence.
The court applied the framework from R. v. Pike, emphasizing denunciation and deterrence.
However, the court found that the accused's significant lifelong neurodevelopmental and medical conditions, including autism spectrum disorder, mild intellectual disability, and legal blindness, reduced his moral culpability.
The court imposed a conditional sentence of two years less a day, followed by three years of probation, concluding that a community-based sentence with strict computer restrictions would not endanger the public and would satisfy the principles of sentencing.
