Locals charged with child porn

[matai]

54 pages and it's not even trial yet. How much more can still be said?

[daria]

Wrong, people charged with a crime can be given conditions, It's not being "singled out".

Exactly, someone facing charges can absolutely have their freedoms restricted (especially if it's in the best interests of the community at large).

omisimaw You seem to put more emphasis on a person being arrested in addition to being charged, while forgetting that Preston was arrested as well as charged.

[omisimaw]

I see nothing that says he was arrested.
He has yet to set foot in front of a judge so that would lead one to believe he was not arrested but just charged.
Had he been arrested he would have had to appear in front of a court official to be released from detention.

If this had happened you can bet it would have been splattered all over K town news..... including any restrictions imposed.

The lack of this evidence leads one to believe he is merely charged and is on a promise to appear.

[kompili]

He wasn't arrested. The police only had a search warrant and took a number of electronic devices from his home, and after they were analysed. The crown recommend criminal charges for Making Child Pornography, Making Available Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.

[omisimaw]

He surely must have some restrictions on the use of the internet

Why?

People charged with crimes are not singled out based on the charge.... not unless arrested and for public safety.

I am sure you would want him barred from the internet for the rest of his life.

Funny, I never said that. I see you like to throw things in just for your own amusement.

Never said what?
You absolutely said that surely he must have some restrictions on the use of the internet
You were asked why you think this way.....
there is nothing amusing at all regarding a person being charged with a crime.
there is also nothing to protect the community from or serious enough to arrest the person in question, removing his right of freedom within the community, or a subsequent release back to the community only on strict conditions.

So why should this person be any different? Why should he be singled out and given the restrictions you would believe need to be in place? Is it your intent to insinuate that without these types of restrictions he is a problem? Remember to do so is saying you feel he is guilty until proved innocent.

[GordonH]

I see nothing that says he was arrested.
He has yet to set foot in front of a judge so that would lead one to believe he was not arrested but just charged.
Had he been arrested he would have had to appear in front of a court official to be released from detention.

If this had happened you can bet it would have been splattered all over K town news..... including any restrictions imposed.

The lack of this evidence leads one to believe he is merely charged and is on a promise to appear.

Journalist faces child porn charge
by Ragnar Haagen | Story: 102110 - Nov 12, 2013 / 8:19 am
Update - Nov. 12, 2013

The RCMP have released the following information regarding David Preston.

"During the week of June 24 to 28, 2013, the B.C. Integrated Child Exploitation (ICE) unit travelled to Kelowna to execute a search warrant for child exploitation offences at the residence of Mr. David Preston. The BC ICE unit, based in Surrey, is specialised in investigating internet facilitated offences against children.

The investigation identified evidence pertaining to a number of electronic devices at the residence which were seized and subsequently analysed, providing sufficient evidence for Crown to recently recommend criminal charges for Making Child Pornography, Making Available Child Pornography and Possession of Child Pornography.

David Preston of Peachland, British Columbia was charged with the above noted offences on October 16, 2013 and is expected to appear in Court later this month on November 28, 2013.

The BC ICE unit reports that they have no evidence suggesting that any local children were directly victimized by Mr. Preston."

The release goes on to say that no other information will be provided, while the court registry still shows Preston's first court appearance as Dec. 5.


Photo: Contributed - LinkedIn
David Andrew Preston
A former Peachland journalist is making news for all the wrong reasons, after being arrested and charged with three counts of child pornography.

David Andrew Preston will make his first appearance at the Kelowna Courthouse on December 5th, where he faces charges of making or publishing child pornography, importing or distributing child pornography and possession of child pornography.

Preston is the former founder of the Peachland News, an online site dealing with issues in the Central Okanagan.

The website’s final story was published on June 27 of this year, just weeks after he was charged. Last month, a final post was written on the site by ‘Dave’ that explained why he stopped updating the site, but the explanation only dealt with some personal issues, and was erased Wednesday afternoon.

Here is a excerpt from that post where he discusses his families history of mental illness and his choice to stop updating the website. Since Castanet's story was first published Wednesday morning, the Peachland News website has been taken offline.

See the above marked in red

[omisimaw]

above marked in red:
source is not official

Here is the official media release by the RCMP
http://bc.cb.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=50&languageId=1&contentId=32347

The charges were laid - yes

but there is no mention of an arrest.

He was charged based on an analysis of equipment seized during a search warrant.

Ragnaar Hagan is reporting and as is very frequent with the media, incorrectly reporting based on??? his/her own preconceived idea of the process?

Here is another media story http://www.am1150.ca/News/Kelowna/2013/12/05/peachland-man-makes-1st-court-appearance-on-child-porn-charges

So the media think he was arrested but ???

Based on what the RCMP media release states it would appear they are following this vein within the judicial system:
http://www.justicebc.ca/en/cjis/understanding/how_it_works/charged.html

Charges
The specific criminal offence(s) a person is accused of committing. If a person is charged, it means they have been formally accused by Crown counsel of committing a crime
Charging
The act of Crown counsel formally accusing a person of committing a crime (criminal offence).

Appearance Notice
An official notice telling an accused person they must appear in court at a specific time and place to respond to a criminal charge. If the accused does not come to court when the document requires, a warrant may be issued for their arrest and they could be charged with another offence (failing to appear). An accused may receive an appearance notice if the crime is less serious (such as theft under $5000). Usually a police officer gives the accused the appearance notice.

Seems there are lots of things going on however there is no formal evidence the man was ever arrested.

[dogspoiler]

Something happened to raise suspicions
They did catch him in a sting
They did raid his home
They did seize the electronic devices
They did find evidence on them
They did charge him
He will go to trial
Many people will be waiting to hear the verdict

Whether he was arrested or not means little

[omisimaw]

actually had he been arrested and detained he more than likely would have been released with a broader scope of restrictions, so in effect it does matter

[dogspoiler]

actually had he been arrested and detained he more than likely would have been released with a broader scope of restrictions, so in effect it does matter

Wrong, you don't know what his restrictions are, if any.

[omisimaw]

actually had he been arrested and detained he more than likely would have been released with a broader scope of restrictions, so in effect it does matter

Wrong, you don't know what his restrictions are, if any.

a: you do not have any idea what I know
b: so not wrong, whatever it is you referred to as being wrong!

[MAPearce]

a: you do not have any idea what I know

I doubt YOU even know that .......


Preparing for a "one week ban " in 3 , 2 , 1.......

Can I still "peruse" the classifieds ?....

[Bejvas]

Wrong, you don't know what his restrictions are, if any.

a: you do not have any idea what I know
b: so not wrong, whatever it is you referred to as being wrong![/quote]

It certainly sounds like you know much more than you say, so I am pretty sure you know that there were children involved according to the RCMP reports, they just don't have evidence that there were local ones involved.

[A_Britishcolumbian]

show us the report you claim exists bevjas. there is no report from any media or the rcmp claiming any children were ever involved, to my knowledge.

[Bejvas]

show us the report you claim exists bevjas. there is no report from any media or the rcmp claiming any children were ever involved, to my knowledge.

if you can't read the RCMP report written in plain English, there is nothing I can do about that