Manitoba court dismisses appeal of sex offender

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A Manitoba court has dismissed the appeal of a convicted sex offender who covertly filmed hundreds of children across Winnipeg and other parts of the province.

In a Manitoba Court of Appeal decision penned by Justice Jennifer A. Pfuetzner last week, the court upheld the appellant's 15-year sentence for possession, making and distribution of child sexual abuse material, luring and voyeurism.

The convicted man, who is identified by the initials A. L. B.-C. in the document, possessed nearly 8,000 child sexual abuse images and videos of young girls between the ages one and five, which he collected over five years.