Lethbridge man sentenced on child porn charges

LETHBRIDGE – A 44-year-old Lethbridge man who was caught with a massive collection of child pornography has received a federal prison sentence.

Robert Rogers pleaded guilty to charges of possessing and accessing child pornography in May at the outset of his trial. He maintained his innocence on a charge of distributing child porn and was subsequently convicted on the charge following the trial.

In total, he had over 57,000 images of child porn and more than 4,300 videos. It was noted by the Crown that 4,129 different children were identified in the material.

Friday morning, Aug. 31, Justice D.K. Miller delivered a sentence of six years – including consecutive prison terms on two of the three charges. He then stated that the term would be reduced to five years under the totality principle (Section 718.2(c), which states that where consecutive sentences are imposed, the combined sentence should not be unduly long or harsh.