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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT School jazz band wins gold at competition Page io0 PHARMACY (Tcku A METROLANO COMMUJN"T NEWSPAPER VOL. 145 NO. 26~~ FRIDAY JUNE il, 2004 $1.00 (GST included) 4 AGES "Using Communication to Budld Better Communities" ,Man pleads guilty to distributing and possessing child porn By STEPHANIE THIESSEN The Champion A Milton man has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pomography in a case that mnvolved nearly a dozen police agencies across Canada. Kirk Scott Pierrepoint, 34, appeared ai Ontario Court of Justice in Burlington Wednesday aftemnoon and pleaded guilty before Judge Lesley Baldwin, forgoing bis right to a trial. On January 22, police found computer image files of young children ini graphie sexual poses during a search of bis Oriole Court home after receiving information from police agencies ini Winnipeg, Man., Calgary, Alta., Saskatchewan and Waterloo, Ont., Crown Attorney Harutyun Apel told court. Court heard that before bis arrest, Mr. CommuIIt ......... 6-7 CIassiid ......25-28 Rosi Estue .........1e Dateline .......B-BS *Fidey, June 1il *LmOV * SwlOp muMar* 0DA"0*MIN " Cooadloa Tira* No Mris"* S81m Factary" " Fojjos"* eFuluroShp * aHome Hardware* * fli * Soe?? * MdOn sohy,"* bBq* B *Zolor"* Air *e Homo Dopot" e Radio Shao 'Plot 1 Imports"* Ppar * eRaoies Wlrloss" www.miltontoyota.com Pierrepoint repeatedly offered large sums of money over the Intemet for sex with young girls. O more than one occasion he offered mothers of young girls thousanda of dollars for their daughters to have sex with him, an offer they refused, Mr. Apel said. One of the disturbing incidents occurred after Mr. Pierrepoint hegan talking witb a Waterloo woman and ber 14-year-old daugbter over the Intemet in March, 2003, Mr. Apel said. Reading aioud from a police occurrence, Mr. Apel said the suspect later identified as Mr. Pierrepoint asked the girl - wbo cant be identified due to a publication ban - to have sex with him with a camnera rolling. "TMe accused told thse complainant he was good looking and it would be worth it," court heard. "He said she'd be one of thse oldest (witb whom he'd had sex)." He offered ber $5,00 to do it, Mr. Apel read. 'he girl said she was sent two photos of nude young girls by Mr. Pierrepoint. They were hetween the ages of 7 and 1l, Mr. Apel said. The girl, who told police she was con- fused at thse time, sent Nin Pierrepoint sev- eral nude photos of herself, which she later regretted. She told police Mr. Pierrepoint said if she didn't agree to meet for sex, he would post the photos on the Internet for aIl to sec, Mr. Apel said. In another disturbing instance, Mr. Apel said Mr. Pierrepoint began cbatting over the Internet witb a Calgary woman. Reading from a police report dated October 5 of last year, Mr. Apel said the pair hegan to tatk on the phone, but the woman becarne concemed when the conversations tumed to sexual matters. "He e-mailed ber pictures of kids be said be bad sex wit.' court beard. Mr. Apel addcd Mr. Pierrepoint told tbe esee JUDGE on page 31 bell'occh10 0'% off Everythine À .1*. EKEND Oporaod ~Starting at FEAmms TOYOTA VEHIcLE *Cnithve SAilwe -admnhvrae. s *24Hu Roadside Assistance anywhere n Canada per day * ( ustomer pick-up andi return. "Nota....87 iuaaaCeo u, MTH 900Km FRE O Puis 25 AisMUS rEn REN.AÏÂ 410 Steaies Ave. Mlton Insido MiNou Toyota) 905-875-3771 h. SPORTS Page 22 t Photo by GRAHAM PAINE Fancy footwork Milton Magic girls under-1 7 rep player Teia Clement (right) tries to edge a Brampton Spitfire opponent off the bail during Monday evening's 2-1 loss at Thompson Field. Tammy Merrltt scored the lone goal for Milton. 1 mi