By Lara Fominoff @LaraFominoff on Twitter

Trevor Pritchard found guilty in sex assault, luring and child porn case

Jan 16, 2019 | 3:48 PM

LETHBRIDGE – Madame Justice Johnna Kubik asked Trevor Pritchard to stand Wednesday afternoon at Court of Queen’s Bench in Lethbridge(Jan. 16), as she told the 35-year-old she found him guilty on all charges against him.

In delivering her hour and a half long decision, Justice Kubik told the court the Crown had the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt; that if she believed Pritchard’s testimony, he must be acquitted, or that if there was any reasonable doubt of his guilt, he also must be acquitted.

But that’s was not what she found.

Kubik began by talking about the reliability and the credibility of the witnesses and their testimony and said she found “no evidence to support the contention that the Facebook records (submitted to the court as evidence) were unreliable.”

She also found no evidence to support the defense argument of either malware or hacking in the case.

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The summary of evidence, she said, was fair, given the thousands of pages of information gathered, that cellphones Pritchard denied owning, were in fact his, the computer seized at his home as a search warrant was being executed was his, and that the forensic analysis of the electronics was successful and accurately completed by experts using industry standard equipment.

Justice Kubik also described the testimony of two girls, now 16-years of age, who testified against Pritchard. One of those girls gave accurate descriptions of the accused’s truck, the inside of his home, and other details only someone who knew him, would have access to. That some dates, times and sexual experiences were “jumbled” as the witness testified while being cross-examined, did not mean those instances did not occur, said Kubik; and she did not believe, as the defense argued they were “dreamed up.”

Kubik also described the evidence that was presented connecting Philip Fieldcamper and Trevor Pritchard and was satisfied that indeed Philip Fieldcamper was Trevor Pritchard and Trevor Pritchard was Philip Fieldcamper.

As the judge was speaking, Pritchard went from holding his head in his hands, to wringing his hands, to wiping his eyes and mouthing words to his father, Morley, who sat in the gallery.

Crown Prosecutors Donna Spaner and Sarah Goard-Baker informed the court after the verdict was read, that they intended to seek an application for a Dangerous Offender assessment in early February.

“We are thankful to the justice in this case for her efforts and her thoughtful considerations of all of the evidence in this case. And we would like to thank profusely the investigators in this case for all of the efforts they made throughout the investigation,” said Goard-Baker.

“We also want to specifically mention the courage of the two young complainants who testified in this case… and we can’t thank victim services Lethbridge and Coaldale enough for their support of all of the individuals and their families that suffered as a result of the accused’s conduct, “continued Spaner.

Pritchard is also expected back in court for February 5-7 to try and convince a judge to have guilty pleas of sexual assault and child luring struck from the record relating to yet another case.

It was admitted in an agreed statement of facts April 9, 2018 that Pritchard met the 15-year-old victim on Facebook, and they started communication via text message. On Jan. 17, 2017, she agreed to meet him in person, believing that he would take her to a job interview. Pritchard instead took the girl to his home in Coaldale, told her, “The interview was not going to happen,” then forced her to participate in various sexual acts. After, he drove her home and said he would kill her if she told anyone.

The girl told her mother about what had happened hours later, and after speaking to police, she was taken to the Chinook Regional Hospital for a sexual assault examination.

In addition to the guilty verdict today, and his admission of guilty in the Jan. 17 case, he also has three other convictions in 2004, 2009 and 2010.