Geary man accused of possessing child porn
Nathan William MacKenzie, 38, made first court appearance Thursday on indictable charge
A Geary man accused of possessing sexually explicit material depicting minors asked for his case to be adjourned Thursday so he could seek legal counsel.
Nathan William MacKenzie, 38, of Colbourne Drive, made his initial appearance in Fredericton provincial court Thursday to face an indictable charge of possessing child pornography, alleged to have occurred in Geary on Feb. 25, 2022.
The defendant told the court he needed time to apply for legal aid, and Judge Scott Brittain set the matter over to Aug. 23 for election of mode of trial and plea.
The relevant section of the Criminal Code of Canada notes that there’s a mandatory minimum jail term of a year for those convicted of the indictable offence.
However, higher courts in Canada have routinely been striking down such mandatory minimums, even for sexual offences.
Don MacPherson can be contacted at ftonindependent@gmail.com.
You can not even guarantee 1 year for child didlers. What a sad "justice," system liberalism has delivered to us.