pornography - where does it all lead? do you want your children viewing porn magazines or on-line websites? what would have happened to this little 12 year old girl if her mother hadn't been concerned about the time she was spending on-line? would she have been lured into child pornography as a participant?
Former B.C. prosecutor on trial for child porn
Louise Dickson, Victoria Times Colonist
Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Former Victoria prosecutor Roger Denley apologized when his children found pornography on the family computer in 2003, Denley's former wife Dr. Ellen Skinnerland testified in B.C. Supreme Court yesterday.
"I confronted Roger, and he said he was sorry," Skinnerland told Justice Jon Sigurdson. "I asked him to account for what he was doing with pornographic pictures of young girls. He said he wouldn't do it anymore. We left it there."
Denley, who worked as a youth prosecutor, is charged with possession of child pornography and accessing child pornography. He sat calmly in the courthouse, taking notes as the evidence was presented. He appeared to have no contact with his family.
After the couple separated in August 2004, Skinnerland became concerned her youngest daughter, Julia, was spending too much time on the computer. When Skinnerland's sister checked the computer's history, she found the young girl, then 12, had set up a personal website with sexually explicit conversations.
On the advice of her daughter's counsellor, Skinnerland took copies of the website to Victoria police forensic computer expert Const. Paul Brookes, for advice. The meeting was also attended by Francis Graf, president and chief executive officer of Forensic Date Recovery Inc.
In September 2004, Skinnerland brought the family computer to Graf and paid him $2,500 to copy and analyze the hard drive.
Graf told Skinnerland much material had been deleted.
"There were 160,000 images, and he told me he saw some pre-pubescent girls. He said he could show me a few pictures," she said.
Graf, as he is required to, brought the matter to the attention of Victoria police.
Skinnerland also testified that earlier, before the separation, she had found pornographic magazines with names like Barely Legal and College Girls. Although Denley told her he destroyed the magazines, she found others, she told the court.
Defence lawyer Stephen Kelliher asked Skinnerland if she recalled Denley trying to show her "that once you get into the website, it's unpredictable what pops up?"
Skinnerland said she couldn't remember.
ldickson@tc.canwest.com
2 comments:
Oh my God. You drag up an article from years ago and don't post that the guy was eventually found not guilty by a court of appeal in a 3-0 decision? This guy was railroaded by his wife to get a better divorce settlement. But then I see you believe in God so things like facts don't interest you.
I did not know that he had been found not guilty by an appeal court. Yes I believe in God and as such I also believe in justice. If he is innocent then I'm glad that justice was served. If his wife caused an innocent man to suffer harm then I know that she will suffer the consequencs of her actions. Thank you for sharing the truth because truth matters.
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