Canadian Police: Those Spreading Pics of BC Gang Rape Could Face Child Pornography Charges
Photographs of a rape that took place in British Columbia are causing problems for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police after they were posted to social networking site Facebook.
Police in British Columbia say that the victim of a gang rape in British Columbia has had to relive her ordeal numerous times because witnesses uploaded photos and videos of the crime to the internet. The 16-year-old girl was drugged and sexually assaulted by a group of between five and seven men at a rave. CBC reports that witnesses took photos and videos of the rape, which took place in a field near the party, and posted them online.
Though the police are acting quickly to have the photos removed, they are having difficultly because it doesn't take long for someone else to upload them elsewhere.
"This victim is having to relive it on a daily basis, because we get the photos taken off, and then all of a sudden they're redistributed and others are viewing it," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Inspector Derren Lench told CBC.
Police arrested and detained a teenage boy who uploaded the images and video. Though he removed the content, police say he may face child pornography charges because they're still being distributed. Similarly, anyone reposting the images could also face charges.
"I don't think those that have the actual photographs understand that in fact it's an offence to possess those, and it's also an offence to distribute them, because it is child pornography," Lench said.
Police are still seeking witnesses in relation to the incident.
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geez thats awful....can you show us the pics?
geez thats awful....can you show us the pics?
Why in the hell would you even ask that?!? Seesh!
Interesting that this article is about the circulation of the pics and not of the crime itself... I read that the boys gave the 16yr old girl a date rape drug and then... well, raped her. I hope they are caught and all go to jail.
I hope he gets those additional charges. Anyone posting another's ordeal on the internet of such scale should be banned from uploading...hope karma comes back to bight him in the ass as he ends up on failblog.
Why can't 16 year olds just wait till they are more mature and cautious to go to parties.
xantek24 = FAIL
Call Chris Hansen and tell him you want to see the pictures...LOL
Why does tom's post all these sexually related news stories. Isn't this supposed to be a tech site. I'm about tired of it. Tom's are you a tech site or a news site make up your mind!
I live near where this happened. Its been in the news for a while now and I just have to say there are always 2 sides to every story. The 'date rape drug', otherwise known as GHB, is actually a commonly used recreational drug in the club/rave scene. Most likely what happened was the girl took the drug on purpose, got way too messed up, started fooling around with a couple of guys and she was too stoned to stop it.
As for the photos, this is another case of kids distributing child porn of themselves. This is a grey area to say the least. Kids should just get fined and/or community service. Handing out harsh punishments for texting photos of your junk isn't going to deter teens. Kids are notorious for not considering the consequences of their actions so tough laws aren't helpful (though awareness campaigns might be).
Why can't 16 year olds just wait till they are more mature and cautious to go to parties.
Because they are 16 year olds. Hormones are on overdrive.
xantek24 = FAIL Call Chris Hansen and tell him you want to see the pictures...LOL
hansen: hi, sit down, what are you doing here?
me: uhhh...BUGADABUGADABUGADABUGA!!!! YOU CANT CATCH ME!!!
lol im not a sicko! i just said that as a joke on Tom's about spreading the pics!
Why can't 16 year olds just wait till they are more mature and cautious to go to parties.
have you ever been 16?
Hope they arrest everyone taking a video of it as an accomplice. Standing around video taping 7 guys rape a girl should not be a legal act. But then maybe Canada is in to that sort of thing.
everyone should definitely be punished for this..but for distributing those pics as a minor, I dont think becoming a registered sex offender is the answer..but should be punished no doubt.
and YEAH TOMS C'MON, this is a tech site, not a news site!
I think its sick that some people ("witnesses") took videos and pictures instead of helping the poor girl. Not to even mention that some degenerates would even do this in the first place.
As far as people distributing the pics/videos...I feel that some people might not even think that it is real or that it is a child (I have not seen the video so I have no idea what it look like), but I feel that a small penalty should incur (maybe some kind of community service). As for the witnesses I feel that they should get a stiffer sentence (it should be a crime to just stand their and watch someone getting raped instead of at least trying something).
"I don't think those that have the actual photographs understand that in fact it's an offence to possess those, and it's also an offence to distribute them, because it is child pornography," Lench said.
So if it was not I child porno then it is ok to be distributed?
I live in Surrey, BC - just 20km away from Pitt Meadows, the alleged locale of this rape. It amazes me that some guy even had the decency to put it on facebook.
I live near where this happened. Its been in the news for a while now and I just have to say there are always 2 sides to every story. The 'date rape drug', otherwise known as GHB, is actually a commonly used recreational drug in the club/rave scene. Most likely what happened was the girl took the drug on purpose, got way too messed up, started fooling around with a couple of guys and she was too stoned to stop it.As for the photos, this is another case of kids distributing child porn of themselves. This is a grey area to say the least. Kids should just get fined and/or community service. Handing out harsh punishments for texting photos of your junk isn't going to deter teens. Kids are notorious for not considering the consequences of their actions so tough laws aren't helpful (though awareness campaigns might be).
This is a stupid comment, firstly the law states that unless it is consented (in other words, she would have had to approve of the actions before hand), also the use of drugs is not an excuse (the law also states that impairment does not give consent and that the person is less able to give their consent and therefore you should either get consent before the use or just not do it or it can be rape). Thirdly she is under the age. No matter what this is illegal (personally Ive asked for IDs in bars [Im 21] because the girls that are interested in you wont really mind). Also GHB isnt the ONLY date rape drug, there are 1 or 2 more commonly known as this.
As for the distributing the videos/pics I would say give the offenders a "slap on the wrist" for this one only because it may not be apparent that it is an underage girl (lets face it some minors dont look like minors, hence me checking for ids). By this I mean something like community service and maybe some kind of classes.
As far as actually have videos/pics from "witnesses", I feel appalled that some people could actually sit there and watch (not to mention videotape or snap some pics) some girl being rapped. I havent seen the pics or vids but 5-7 guys in a field by a party while the girl is mostly out of it (which is what the drug does to you) isnt something that looks "right". But the fact that no one did help her is just sickening.
geez thats awful....can you show us the pics?
I hope by some twist of fate you end up in prison being violated by nasty nate on a daily basis. And with a sick and perverted comment like that you probably have a good chance of it happening.
I cannot belive that you people are down-voting the only guy that confronts this loser, I am quickly losing respect for this site for not taking a comment like that down and for the people that post here.
Why can't 16 year olds just wait till they are more mature and cautious to go to parties.
because that's what they see on tv and want to be just like their peers, that's why they call it peer-pressure
I don't care if those guys are underage I still hope they get thrown into big boy jail... They deserve it.
Well you know what they do with your credit card when you don't behave(bad credit etc..), they slice it with scissor when they can, they could do the same with those guys.
He said nothing about censoring anything.
Incorrect.
taking a comment like that down
I ment to say that he is not saying to censor to limit the freedom of speech but rather to remove such an insensitive comment.
Same thing.
After all if this was your daughter you would probably be one of the first to say to remove the comment for the inhuman comment.
Also incorrect.
If you really want to play the "what about our freedom/rights" card. An insensitive comment like this would would conflict with her right/freedom of the pursuit of happiness.
Wow, you're on a roll aren't you? Also incorrect.
Since the freedom of speech is just a part of ones' pursuit of happiness her case would trump your freedom of speech. If you really think that this would not conflict with her pursuit of happiness, what do you think would happen if she see's a post making fun or her rape?
Have a cry about it, instead of respecting other people's rights to state their opinion.
I'm pretty sure that it would upset and only worsen her state of mind. So you sir are the real asshole for intruding on someone else's higher right of the pursuit of happiness.
Then get off the internet and stop spoiling it for the rest of us.
I fully expect Toms and others to censor, because that's unfortunately usually what happens in this world, however I don't approve of it one bit.
guaranteed they are just calling it rape b/c shes underage. she was def willing.
On the other hand, perhaps with circulation of these pictures, some decent people will take it upon themselves to identify the assholes responsible and then give their information to the police for proper justice.
Not saying it's a great reason for circulation, but one can only hope that it DOES happen as circulation is already happening.
A friend of mine told me a story once. A girl (a not very good looking one) agreed to be gangbanged by a several boys in his neighborhood but later she got scared of her mom and told her and the police that they had raped her.
The funny part of the story is that after the group has met at the police they have met at the hospital (VD) again.
Just another fortuitous opportunity for the government to demonize drugs even further. Most likely, she was rolling face and was more than willing to get gangbanged. Now this might not be the case, but I have been to my share of raves, festies, shows, and I know it's entirely possible for such promiscuity to occur. And thank god for that!
Not commenting on this article but some of the conversations here about abusing the "rape" card too often. I have a friend who was driving to Toronto who picked up two hitch-hikers (women of age). They then told him to take them to Ottawa or they would call the police and scream rape. (Ottawa was a few hours out of his way). They had his plate number written down. He had to comply or face the legal battle. He had a good job and all too often even the accusation of rape will get you fired even if you're found not guilty. He couldn't risk losing his job over it even if proven innocent.
Sometimes people know what they can get away with and are too eager to abuse it.
Hope they arrest everyone taking a video of it as an accomplice. Standing around video taping 7 guys rape a girl should not be a legal act. But then maybe Canada is in to that sort of thing.
As a canadian I can tell you we aren't into this kind of thing... However they should have kicked the group of rapers asses, and since they let it happen they should be arrested and charged for rape with the rest. Its sad that people enjoy watching other people get hurt.
"I don't think those that have the actual photographs understand that in fact it's an offence to possess those, and it's also an offence to distribute them, because it is child pornography," Lench said. So if it was not I child porno then it is ok to be distributed?
this same thing happened here in the Bay Area last year at Richmond High School.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_ [...] _gang_rape
People thought that it was ok to stand around and record it and then as if that wasnt bad enough, rather than hand the recordings over to police, post them on facebook....I mean WTF?