Father sentenced for online sex abuse

[Ban Hammer 13,636]

TORONTO - A Canadian man who sexually abused his 4-year-old daughter live on the Internet so another man could watch was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison.

The father, whose name was not released to protect the identity of his daughter, was arrested in October 2006, just hours after he used a Webcam to expose his daughter to another man — who was actually an undercover police officer — during a chat room conversation.

The father from St. Thomas, Ontario, pleaded guilty in October to seven criminal charges.

In sentencing him, Justice John McGarry called it a "gross case; a sickening case of breach of trust."

"Words cannot describe what is found in those pictures. They are of a three- and four-year-old girl being used by her father for his own sexual gratification," McGarry said.

The four-year sentence handed down Thursday takes into account time already served, which means the man will serve another 20 months and will then be on probation for three years.

Paul Krawczyk, the undercover detective who watched the live Internet assault, said the sentence was too lenient.

"It's just four years. The child has to deal with this for the rest of her life, and not just the child, the mother of the child, the family members of the child," he told The Associated Press. Nobody ever thinks of the children in this."

In a victim impact statement read in court Wednesday by the prosecutor, the man's wife called him a "cruel person" and said she would rather have learned her husband was dead than discover the truth about his "despicable" behavior."

Defense lawyer Bob Upsdell told court Wednesday his client has been physically assaulted twice while behind bars, and has lost 130 pounds since his arrest.

Officials said the man is one of 82 men arrested worldwide as a result of a global police operation involving Internet child pornography, which began with the arrest of another Canadian man.

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[LuzyC 0]

"It's just four years. The child has to deal with this for the rest of her life, and not just the child, the mother of the child, the family members of the child," he told The Associated Press. Nobody ever thinks of the children in this."

Wrong , just wrong!!

[Dr. Obvious 49]

Really, only 4 years and really only 20 months? What kind of ridiculously short sentence is that? Terrible.

Edited December 21, 2007 by Wacken

[brnidokiegurl 0]

Sick people in this world

[LuzyC 0]

Really, only 4 years and really only 20 months? What kind of ridiculously short sentence is that? Terrible.

Yeah , it should be for the rest of his life too!

[doodlebugg 10]

he should be castrated

[Toshtishtash 1]

Disgusting

[MissStacey 1]

he should be castrated

Agreed!

[Nessa 23]

that's really fuc*ed up

[britty 1]

...his lawyer mentions he has been attacked twice in jail !!! Horrifying !!! That is, horrifying that he hasn't been attacked more than that. Perhaps the other inmates haven't had the opportunity to really do some harm. I'm sure they will get lots of opportunities over the next 20 months.

[~Jess~ 0]

jacka$$ deserves more then he got! sick sick people.

[HAL 9000 96]

he should be castrated

My thoughts exactly

[G&A 1]

Really, only 4 years and really only 20 months? What kind of ridiculously short sentence is that? Terrible.

Thats Canada my friend...rapists and murderers get a slap on the wrist.

[Jesse and Hema 2]

FOUR ****ING YEARS?!?!

That would only be a suitable sentence if it was four years of genital torture or Singapore-style whipping... geez...

[archie07 0]

Sick!