4 - Wednesday, January 20, 1999 - North Shore News .C. to appeal ct From paar 1 children’s evpense, my expense as a victim On Jan. 13. B.C. Supreme Court: Mr. Justice Duncan Shaw declared a subsection ot the Criminal Code void and in Violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedonts. The specitic law dealt with 2 ban on the possession of kiddie porn. The judge supported 65- year-old child-porn advocate John Robin Sharpe's con- tention that the Criminal Code subsection dealing with the possession. of child pornogra- phy was unconstitutional. Sharpe represented himself before the court without a lawyer. Sharpe, who fives in. the Kitsilano area of Vancouver, faces four charges: nvo counts of possession of child parnag- raphy for the purpose of distri- bution or sale. neo counts of possession of child pornogra- phy. In 1995 Canada Customs officials took computer. dises from Sharpe conraining text of Sam Paloc’s Flogaing, Fun and Fortitude, A Collection of Kiddie Kink Classics. {n 1996 police armed with a search warrant took a collection of books, manuscripts, photos and stories from Sharpe's home. The Crown claims the material is child pornography. Many of the photographs showed nude boys displaying their genitals or anal regions. Reaction to fast week's judi- cial decision has been swift. On Monday, Attorney General Ujial Dosanjh said the provincial Criminal Justice Bringh has fled a netice of appeal in a did) te overturn Justice Shaw "s decision. Crown fawver dealing with child pornography possession cases at the provincial court level will be secking adjourn ments. Yeton Monday a provincial court judge in Surrey dismissed a charge of child-porn posses sion against a 47-year old man The judge said he was bound by Shaw's ruling. Sad Dosanjh, “In the provincial court, because it’s lower court, they're bound by the desision.” But he said, “Cases at the provincial court level can be adjourned, accord- ing to each individual judge's decision.” He said the dismissal deci- sion in Surrey on Monday will be appealed, A 56-vear-old North Vancouver man faces a ovo-day trial in September on charges of possessing, and making child pornography. Marek Richer was charged following a Lower Lonsdale area raid by police in August. After obtaining a. search war- rant, the North Vancouver RCMP seized video tapes that included homosexual pornography spliced = with = homemade footage of Lower Mainland boys engaged in sporting activ- ities. Meanwhile, at the B.C. Supreme Court level, Shaw's ruling is not binding upon other judges. Said Dosanjh, “In the Supreme Court, they (judges) are colleagues and belong to the same bench. 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