BRANDON — A judge called the child sexual abuse material found on a man’s devices “disgusting” and “abhorrent” before sentencing him to more than two years in prison.

“To imagine any child enduring surely what had to occur to produce those images is gut-wrenching,” provincial court Judge Patrick Sullivan said Wednesday.

“By possessing child pornography, a person drives up the demand for that material online, which in turn drives up the demand for the material to be created,” Sullivan said.

James MacDonald, 41, pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, operating a motor vehicle while impaired and three counts of breaching his release order.

Crown attorney Rich Lonstrup read out the facts of the case in court.

Brandon Police Service received a tip that a Snapchat account with an e

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