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By Spencer Sterritt

Second day of Mountie child porn trial becomes emotional

Oct 7, 2015 | 7:05 AM

The second day of Mountie Aiden Pratchett’s trial on child pornography charges balanced emotions and technology on Tuesday.

During the proceedings several of Pratchett’s family members left the courtroom whenever the graphic names of specific files were brought up.

There was minimal interaction between Pratchett and his family.

His common-law wife Sarah sat in the row behind him, but they did not speak and eye contact was minimal.

In the morning and early afternoon Const. Chris Lair, of the Prince Albert Police Service, assigned to the Saskatchewan Internet Child exploitation Unit (Sask ICE), completed his testimony.

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The court finished video from Monday showing Pratchett being detained during the initial investigation.

A second video was shown from Dec. 22, 2014 when Pratchett was interrogated before being charged.

In the video Pratchett declines to speak to officers, and accuses investigators of having tunnel vision in their investigation of him.

While on the stand Lair said “In my mind it was impossible it was anyone else but Pratchett.”

More time was spent detailing how Sask ICE conducted their investigation.

A timeline of Pratchett’s internet downloading activity was submitted as evidence.

The Crown and Lair went through the entries, which showed that illegal activity had occurred in the early morning hours after Pratchett returned from his shift.

Lair then described how he guaranteed that the files had come from Pratchett’s computer.

He traced the downloaded files back to where they had come from, and found that those internet accounts had been flagged for illegal materials as well.

Pratchett’s defense had no questions for cross-examination.

In the afternoon Const. Shannon Parker, a Sask ICE technician, took the stand.

She had been present during the initial search of Pratchett’s residence, and detailed the seizure of computer equipment.

She then elaborated on Pratchett’s manually changed internet settings, which indicated that the illegal files were intentionally downloaded to his computer.

The trial is expected to continue until the end of the week.

ssterrit@jpbg.ca

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by Spencer Sterritt