A 30-year-old man from Cornwall was sentenced to eight months in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to being in possession of child pornography.

Brandon Derix, who entered a guilty plea in April, will serve his sentence at the St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre in Brockville. A three-year probation period will also follow his sentence, as ordered by Ontario court of justice Judge Franco Giamberardino.

At the outset of his sentencing submissions, Derix’s defence lawyer Gary Chayko said his client had suffered a great deal of public accusations and issues in terms of death threats being levelled at him. He claimed he was going to leave the courthouse and make a formal complaint at the police after the sentencing was completed, suggesting the related public comment

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