Metcalfe man charged with child pornography offences
(Ottawa) – This week the Ottawa Police Service Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE) received information from a concerned member of the public regarding the alleged illegal downloading of Torrent files with names indicative of Child Pornography.
The subsequent investigation conducted by the Computer Forensics Unit (CFU) and ICE confirmed the downloaded movies and images to be Child Pornography and in the approximate range of 1100 files — the majority of these being prepubescent.
Today the ICE Unit arrested and charged Michael LILLIE, 37 years old, from Metcalfe with:
- Make Available Child Pornography s. 163.1(3) of the Criminal Code x1
- Access Child Pornography s. 163.1(4.1) of the Criminal Code x1
- Possession Child Pornography s. 163.1(4) of the Criminal Code x1
- Unlawfully Possess Schedule II Substance s. 4(1) of the CDSA x1
He will appear at show cause court on Friday, January 13, 2017.
The Ottawa Police Service is a member of the Provincial Strategy to protect children from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation on the Internet. This Project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services.