A Kamloops man convicted five years ago of making or publishing child pornography failed in his bid on Thursday to be removed from Canada’s list of registered sex offenders.
Frank Desmet appeared briefly in Kamloops provincial court, asking Judge Chris Cleaveley to either rescind the order requiring him to register as a sex offender or reduce its length.
Desmet was ordered to register as a sex offender for 20 years at the time of his 2012 conviction. He called the order “cruel and unusual punishment.”
In court on Thursday, Cleaveley told Desmet the law requires him to wait at least 10 years to apply to have the order rescinded.
In 2015, Desmet was placed on a three-year probation term after breaching conditions of an earlier probation order.
In that instance, court heard he showed up to court-ordered sex offender counselling with pamphlets titled 10 Myths About Sex Offenders and passed them out to other participants. He also failed to complete the counselling sessions.
As part of his probation, Desmet is required to undergo further counselling and banned from having contact with children under the age of 16. He must also stay away from parks, schools and day cares.
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