{"id":43015,"date":"2024-02-22T21:17:50","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=43015"},"modified":"2024-02-22T21:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T01:17:50","slug":"enfield-man-sentenced-to-two-year-federal-prison-term-related-to-child-pornography-offences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=43015","title":{"rendered":"Enfield man sentenced to two year federal prison term related to child pornography offences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SHUBENACADIE: <\/strong>An Enfield man has been given a two-year federal prison sentence for sexual offences that involved a teenager girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a CBCB N.S. story, Peter Alan Moorhouse, 50, blamed his behaviour on suffering from a sexual abuse when he was 12-years-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moorhouse, 50, the former head of the Atlantic division of the Better Business Bureau, and Carlos Moraga, also from Enfield, exchanged messages in which they described what they&#8217;d like to do to underage&nbsp;girls, according to the CBC N.S. article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The messages were so graphic they were considered pornography and sealed by the courts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the CBC N.S. article, Moorhouse told the court during his sentencing hearing on Feb. 22 he had assumed he and Moraga, had only been role playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>]Moorhouse told the courts if he knew a real child had been involved he would not have taken part, according to the CBC N.S. article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The child was not assaulted by Moorhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moorhouse pleaded guilty to one charge of child pornography and one charge of communicating for the purposes of facilitating an offence against a child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both charges carry a mandatory minimum sentence of one year in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides the prison term, Moorhouse&#8217;s name&nbsp;will get added to the national sex offender registry for 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;67&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moorhouse\u2019s DNA will also placed in a national databank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Moraga pleaded guilty last June to sexual interference and making child pornography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was sentenced\u00a0to 27 months in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moraga had pled guilty to sexual interference and making child pornography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;87&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;169&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;92&#8243;] SHUBENACADIE: An Enfield man has been given a two-year federal prison sentence for sexual offences that involved a teenager girl. 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