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Friday, 9 August 2013

Two teens charged with child pornography in Rehtaeh Parsons investigation....

After nearly two years of suffering and frustration, months of mourning and sweeping changes to the way Canada views cyberbullying, Halifax RCMP say they have laid charges in the Rehtaeh Parsons investigation — a 17-year-old who took her own life after being teased and ostracized by her classmates and online.
Parsons died following a suicide attempt in April, which her family says came after a photo was released of her being sexually assaulted at a party in 2011.
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The Canadian Press reports that one 18-year-old was charged with two counts of distributing child pornography and the other was charged with one count of making child pornography and one count of distributing child pornography.
The suspects have not be named because they were minors at the time of the alleged event.

An investigation into the alleged assault had been previously launched, but concluded without an arrest when police said they found no grounds to lay charges.

The issue was raised again amid the scrutiny of her death, after a group of anonymous computer hackers released details related to the alleged attack. And this time it appears the investigation bore fruit.
In a brief statement on Thursday morning, the RCMP confirmed that two people were arrested in relation to the Rehtaeh Parsons investigation.
"This morning at 8 a.m., investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division arrested two males at their respective residences in HRM. They are in police custody and are currently being questioned by investigators," the statement reads.

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