A 72-year old Port Alberni man was sentenced to 10 months in jail yesterday after pleading guilty to possesssing child pornography.
Brian Francis took his laptop into a local computer repair shop, and when the technician discovered a large amount of child pornography on the hard-drive, he contacted police.
With a search warrant in hand police searched the laptop and other computers belonging to Francis, and found more than a thousand illegal images and videos.
Francis was forced from his home on Old Nanaimo Highway after neighbours found out about the charges.
He apologized to the court yesterday and said he will never own another computer again.
Hi i love this article and if im right he was sentenced on Sept.2/20 ? if so happy birthday to me!! this man has gotten out of trouble to do with this for as long as i can remember…Did i mention to you that Im his sister?? i dont tell many people that i even have a brother, but under the circumstances i’ll tell you that ..thank you for writing this article