P.E.I. man sentenced for possessing sexual abuse images and videos involving children
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. man who was caught with a complete of 165 photographs and movies on his laptop computer laptop depicting baby sexual abuse has been sentenced in provincial courtroom in Charlottetown.
Donald Blair MacEachern, 68, obtained one yr in jail and three years of probation on April 25 for possessing the sexually obscene materials. He pleaded responsible to the cost on April 4.
Crown lawyer Chris White advised the courtroom that on Oct. 19, 2020, an investigation by the RCMP’s Main Crimes and Web Little one Exploitation (ICE) Unit into baby sexual abuse content material being downloaded on Prince Edward Island led to MacEachern’s web use at two areas – the Rodd Royalty Inn and a residence on Kent Avenue in Charlottetown.
On Dec. 17, 2020, Charlottetown police executed a search warrant for the Kent Avenue residence. In a bed room, police discovered MacEachern mendacity on a mattress utilizing his laptop computer laptop listening to headphones. Police traced the sexually obscene content material downloading and sharing to MacEachern’s IP (web protocol) tackle. The data was shared immediately with different folks utilizing a peer-to-peer community service that does not require a centralized community. MacEachern, a retired enterprise proprietor who spends his winters in Cuba, advised police that he used the pc to obtain motion pictures however initially denied figuring out something about baby sexual abuse content material.
Even so, police found 100 distinctive photographs and 65 distinctive movies on his laptop displaying sexual acts between adults and kids. A number of the photographs and movies weren’t simply accessible and needed to be extracted by an investigator.
White described the content material on MacEachern’s laptop as “vile”.
Through the time previous to his arrest, MacEachern had returned to Prince Edward Island and was staying on the Rodd Royalty for his 14-day isolation interval. He then went to remain in a spare room at a household good friend’s residence on Kent Avenue till his return again to Cuba.
The sentence suggestion was made collectively by White and defence lawyer Aaron Giddings. Giddings stated MacEachern regrets his actions, and the sentence will assist his consumer with rehabilitation. MacEachern declined to deal with the courtroom.
Along with the one-year jail time period, Chief Decide Jeff Lantz ordered MacEachern to supply a pattern of his DNA to the nationwide databank. MacEachern was additionally positioned on the Nationwide Intercourse Offender Registry for 20 years.
For 5 years, MacEachern is banned from volunteering or working ready the place he’s ready of belief with kids beneath the age of 16. He’s additionally required to don’t have any contact with kids beneath the age of 16 with out an grownup current who’s conscious of MacEachern’s conviction.
MacEachern can even have restrictions on his web use, together with being prohibited from accessing unlawful content material or utilizing peer-to-peer networks. As a part of his probation, MacEachern is required to take part in packages for sexual deviancy.
MacEachern didn’t have a previous legal report.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island. @terry_mcn
