Distributing child sexual abuse material

7 cases with this offence

1. November 28, 2025
   R. v. J.T.P., 2025 NSSC 381Distributing child sexual abuse material; Possessing child sexual abuse material; Luring a child; Breach of an undertaking; Agreement or arrangement to commit a sexual offence against a child; Failure to comply with a prohibition order (s. 161), Kentville. Justice Gail L. Gatchalian

   • Below the Crown's ask
   • On release at the time
   10 years in custody (global, after totality), less 1,536 days remand credit
2. October 24, 2025
   R. v. Tate, 2025 BCSC 2254Distributing child sexual abuse material; Possessing child sexual abuse material, Victoria. Justice Gareth Morley
   2 years less a day jail (18 months concurrent for possession), then 3 years probation
3. February 22, 2024
   R. v. G.J.H., 2024 BCSC 318Making child sexual abuse material; Distributing child sexual abuse material, Fort St. John. Justice Andrew Majawa

   • Below the Crown's ask
   8 months imprisonment on each count, concurrent, then 18 months probation; DNA order
4. February 16, 2024
   R. v. W.H., 2024 BCSC 336Sexual assault of a person under 16; Invitation to sexual touching; Making child sexual abuse material; Distributing child sexual abuse material; Making sexually explicit material available to a child; Incest, Courtenay. Justice Janet Winteringham

   • Below the Crown's ask
   Long-term offender designation; 18 years in prison (10 years for the sexual offences plus 8 years consecutive for the child sexual abuse material offences) less 1,462 days of credit, followed by a 10-year long-term supervision order
5. October 14, 2022
   R. v. Coban, 2022 BCSC 1810Distributing child sexual abuse material; Luring a child; Criminal harassment; Extortion, New Westminster. Justice Martha M. Devlin
   13 years global (8 years extortion, 1 year consecutive for possession of child pornography for distribution, 4 years consecutive for luring, 6 years concurrent for criminal harassment), consecutive to his Dutch sentence
6. September 9, 2022
   R. v. X, 2022 BCSC 1594Distributing child sexual abuse material, Penticton. Justice Gordon S. Funt
   36 months imprisonment
7. September 2, 2022
   R. v. N.S.F.K., 2022 BCSC 2324Distributing child sexual abuse material; Possessing child sexual abuse material; Luring a child; Extortion, New Westminster. Justice Kenneth W. Ball
   3.5 years' imprisonment (1 year concurrent on counts 1-2, consecutive to 2.5 years concurrent on counts 3-4); lifetime s. 109 ban, s. 161 orders, DNA, SOIRA for life

Judges who sentenced this offence

• The Honourable Justice Andrew Majawa1 case, leniency score 20
• The Honourable Justice Gail L. Gatchalian1 case
• The Honourable Justice Gareth Morley1 case, leniency score 33
• The Honourable Justice Gordon S. Funt1 case
• The Honourable Justice Janet Winteringham1 case, leniency score 20
• The Honourable Justice Kenneth W. Ball1 case, leniency score 15
• The Honourable Justice Martha M. Devlin1 case, leniency score 33

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