TRURO, N.S. — A convicted sex offender was handed a 21-month jail sentence Friday for breaching a prohibition on using the internet. Gerald Paul Ward, 55, ...
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Crown attorney Rob Kennedy sought a 21-month jail sentence — nine months for the first count, and 12 months for the second — with 150 days to be deducted as remand credit. That would be followed by three years' probation. Kennedy rebutted this, noting that Ward had been using two Facebook accounts for personal reasons — one under his own name and another under an alias.“In my summation, the potential for rehabilitation here is slightly low," Kennedy said."Mr. Ward has shown time and time again he’ll do what he wants, when he wants."Though Ward had breached his conditions, there was no evidence that he attempted to make contact with children, said Kennedy.“Clearly, Mr.
Though Ward claimed that he was taking responsibility, and admitted that he should not have been using electronic devices, Begin maintained he had not yet done so.
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