A repeat child pornography offender has been convicted of possessing 257 computer files featuring Bart Simpson’s family in sexually explicit positions.
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Already charged with possession of child pornography, Jean-Baptiste Abel had the condition to respect not to be in possession of a computer connected to the internet when the police intercepted him in September 2018. Around 12:30 a.m., those They had been attracted by a moving car which was in front of a closed restaurant.
Inside, Jean-Baptiste Abel, a former computer scientist from the Valcartier military base, was consulting a laptop. Since conditions prohibited him from using a computer, the man was arrested for breach of conditions.
Pictures of Bart and Maggie
However, a thorough analysis of the computer had made it possible to discover 257 files showing the characters of the animated series. The Simpsons, showing Bart and Maggie having sex with each other or with their parents, Homer and Marge. Even if they are not human beings, the depiction of people under the age of 18 engaging in sexual relations constitutes child pornography.
The now 32-year-old man who was convicted in front of a jury of possession of child pornography and sentenced to 30 months in February 2020 has once again tried to defend himself in front of a judge. Except that his version included “significant contradictions” and an argument “not credible”, according to judge Rachel Gagnon.
In her defense, the mother of the accused had even testified to say that it was Jean-Baptiste Abel’s father, and therefore his ex-spouse, who had downloaded the files rather than the accused. The judge considered that it was “a testimony of convenience whose purpose was to exculpate his son”.
Several contradictions between the accused’s statement made to the police during his arrest and his testimony before the court convinced the judge, who declared Abel guilty of a second charge of possession of child pornography in two years. The man, who is free after completing his incarceration in the first case, will face a new prison sentence.
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