Norwegian police investigation leads to 25-year sentence for Canadian child abuser

A police probe in Romerike, Norway, uncovered chat messages, images and videos that exposed a 38-year-old man in Canada for child sexual abuse.

Norwegian police investigation leads to 25-year sentence for Canadian child abuser

A 38-year-old man in Canada has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for child sexual abuse after an investigation that began in Romerike, Norway.

Officers in Lillestrøm discovered chat messages, images and videos while investigating a man in the Romerike area. The material revealed abuse committed by a man in Canada, Radio Haugaland reports. Working together with Kripos, the Norwegian National Criminal Investigation Service, police identified the 38-year-old and notified Canadian authorities.

When Canadian police raided the man's home, six children were removed. The offender was a foster father to three children and ran a daycare centre at the time of his arrest.

He was convicted of sexual offences against two children and of producing and distributing abuse material involving two foster children. During sentencing, Judge Patrick Sullivan stated that the man had abused and violated some of the most vulnerable victims imaginable, in some of the most repulsive and intrusive ways possible, according to CBC.

Sullivan emphasized that the vulnerability of these children could not be overstated. Their age would have made it difficult, if not impossible, for them to understand, resist or report what was happening to them.

Meanwhile, the man in Romerike is charged with aiding the rape of one of the foster children over the internet. His defence lawyer says he admits guilt for most of the charges. The trial is scheduled for autumn.

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