The respondent entered a guilty plea to three charges: sexual interference, child pornography, and bestiality. She was sentenced to four and a half years in prison overall. In 2002, the respondent gave birth to a daughter. They lived with the biological father in Edmonton for several months before the respondent moved out, leaving the child with her father.
The father retained custody of the daughter until May 2007, when it was discovered that he was using the internet to solicit women for sex with him and the child. That complaint led the police to his home, where the child was apprehended and the aforementioned video recording was discovered among the father’s collection of pornography. There were also recordings of the respondent attempting to sexually engage a dog, which the father had also filmed.
The sentencing judge imposed a total sentence of four and a half years in prison, divided into three and a half years for sexual interference, one year (consecutive) for making child pornography, and one year (concurrent) for bestiality.