Kingston man granted bail, denied web access in child porn case
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 | 8:48 PM ET
CBC News
A Kingston, Ont., man accused of coercing young girls in Canada and England to expose themselves online has been granted bail but ordered to stay off the internet.
Mark Bedford, 21, was released into the custody of his parents Wednesday afternoon after they posted a $50,000 bond. He was ordered to only leave the family home when accompanied by his parents or brother.
Bedford had been in custody since July 26.
Police at a news conference at that time said a man had used the internet to lure and extort pornographic images from more than 100 young girls in Ontario, Alberta and England. They said threats of death and rape had been used to get girls aged nine to 15 to perform sexually in front of their web cams.
In early August, four additional charges were brought against him, including an alleged sexual assault of a Kingston girl under the age of 18.
The investigation took place from September 2005 to April of this year, and involved the Ontario Provincial Police, RCMP, Kingston Police Service and Kent police in the United Kingdom.
Police charged that Bedford hacked into e-mail accounts to access their list of contacts and released to the public screen names Marco1812000 and Supalover666.
Two teenagers in Edmonton were credited at the news conference in July for helping police break open the case.
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