Military brass in Quebec waited eight months to call the cops after discovering a soldier was using a Canadian Forces computer to traffic child pornography and had downloaded 1,600 images while he was working. According to documents obtained by Sun Media, officials at CFB Valcartier discovered in June 2002 that the father of three was using a work computer to lure teenage girls to nude photo shoots, by promising them modelling contracts, but was also distributing child pornography.
The discovery came only a few months after he had already appeared in court for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.
Master Cpl. Denis Morisset's superiors at 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group dealt with his illegal behaviour by cutting off the Internet connection from the computer, according to an exchange of e-mails at Valcartier.
Morisset has since pleaded guilty to sexual assault and to trafficking and possessing child pornography.
In 2003, Morisset was sentenced to three years in prison and three years probation. He was discharged from the military last November, 20 months after his first sex assault charge.
Neither National Investigation Service spokesman Capt. Mark Giles, nor Valcartier spokesman Maj. Mario Couture could explain why military brass waited so long to probe Morisset's use of the office computer.
They also couldn't say why Morisset was allowed to stay on the job as his case went through the courts, although Giles insisted the military has "zero tolerance" toward porn.
"The bottom line is he still goes to jail for a long period of time and he's getting punished for his overall activity and his crimes against society," Giles said.
Back in March 2002 the NIS charged Morisset with sexually assaulting two teenaged girls in Hull. And in October 2002, the NIS in Hull laid a number of child porn offences after seizing his home PC.
At that time the NIS was unaware Morisset was using a Valcartier computer to traffic porn, because Morisset's superiors hadn't alerted the military police.
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