A Chilliwack man learned a hard lesson this week about downloading child pornography to try to prove a point.
Mark Anthony Brian Laite was sentenced to the mandatory minimum sentence of six months in jail for downloading two explicit sexual images involving men and girls between the ages of four and seven.
Appearing via video in Chilliwack court on Friday because of a serious injury sustained in a vehicle accident, Laite seemed to be having an anxiety attack in the video room of Surrey Pre-Trial Centre.
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Defence lawyer Jayse Reveley told the court that Laite was in a phone conversation with his ex-wife who suggested they put their seven-year-old daughter into child modelling as a source of income.
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The 36-year-old then downloaded the images of child rape and sent them to his ex-wife via Facebook.
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Laite was charged with one count of possession of child pornography and one count of importing/distributing child pornography. He pleaded guilty to the former. The latter count was stayed by the Crown.
Laite, who does have a criminal record from B.C. and who is addicted to methamphetemine, is originally from Newfoundland and told the court he was immediately headed back east after his release to enter a drug treatment program.
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By April 7, Laite had been in custody for four months since Dec. 7, so with time-and-a-half credit for time served, he was likely to be released on April 8.
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