Child *advertiser censored* case delayed
The case of a Dartmouth man accused of abusing two boys —ages two and five — and photographing them has been delayed.
David James Leblanc, 45, didn't have a lawyer when he appeared briefly in Dartmouth provincial court on Friday. Rather than enter a plea, his case was postponed until March 25.
It started as a routine investigation by the ICE Unit, the internet child explotation team that looks into cases of child *advertiser censored*. The team was drawn to a Dartmouth apartment last month, where they arrested Leblanc and seized his computer.
"But when forensic examiners looked closely at the photographs, they realized that they were locally-produced digital images. And police were able to track down two young boys who were in the images who, the allegations are, two and five years of age," said Craig Botterill, the lead prosecutor for child *advertiser censored* cases in Nova Scotia.
Leblanc is charged with making and distributing child *advertiser censored*, sex assault and sexual interference.
Botterill said cases like this don't happen very often.
Police allege he abused the children in southwestern Nova Scotia and posted naked images online.