Child-porn hoarder released from jail

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One of Winnipeg’s most extensive child-pornography collectors is once again a free man.

Kenneth Kreton, 61, was released from custody Wednesday with a sentence of 20 months served in custody and three years of supervised probation, with conditions including having no contact with children or access to the Internet.

Provincial court Judge Mary Curtis reluctantly agreed to endorse the joint recommendation from Crown and defence lawyers.

Kreton was described in court as a physically disabled “hoarder” who spent up to 16 hours online each day and didn’t leave his trash-filled home for nearly four straight years. He was planning to emerge from seclusion in the weeks preceding his 2009 arrest. Police intercepted computer chats in which he told other like-minded deviants about his desire to travel to Spain, abduct a young boy and serve as his “master.” Police, acting on a tip from U.S. officials, moved in and uncovered one of the largest stashes of child pornography in the city’s history. Kreton had amassed more than 17,000 images and 200 explicit videos of children as young as four being sexually abused, tortured and degraded.

Kreton pleaded guilty earlier this fall to several offences, including possession and distribution of child pornography.

Crown attorney Terry McComb said this case presents some unique challenges for the legal system, because it is clear Kreton is suffering some form of mental illness. Kreton has no prior criminal record and worked as an alarm company supervisor before health problems, including cerebral palsy and colitis, left him housebound and “socially isolated,” court was told.

Kreton admitted he hadn’t stepped outside his door in nearly four years. He would order groceries online, along with numerous homeopathic medications he was using.

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