Less than three years into his sentence, a notorious Penticton child sex offender was granted day parole..Edward Casavant, 58, also known as “Eddie Spaghetti” by the children he used to surround himself with, pled guilty in 2019 to a multitude of charges relating to child pornography, voyeurism, and the abuse of an autistic child..He compiled sexually explicit content of children for more than a 10-year period according to a provincial court judge, further noting he was found to be in possession of nearly 300 explicit videos of kids, much of which was filmed during Casavant's time as a lifeguard at the Summerland Aquatic Centre where he worked from the late 80s until his 2018 arrest..Penticton RCMP launched the investigation in 2018 after a Staples employee overseeing a computer transfer for Casavant noticed a file titled “Fun with Boys,” which showed thumbnails that appeared to be child pornography..Police seized the computers and found dozens of child porn images at Casavant's home during a search warrant as well as hundreds of videos showing voyeuristic footage from the aquatic centre, abuse of a young boy with autism, and downloaded material..Mounties also found a computer in the process of being wiped and said there was evidence he’d been exchanging the content with others online. More seized content downloaded by Casavant depicted sexual crimes committed against infants as well as bestiality..The voyeuristic videos showed boys as young as six-years-old..“Because the voyeurism went on for some 10-to-15 years, it’s very likely an entire generation of children was potentially exposed to this activity,” said Provincial Court Judge Monica McParland during the January 2020 sentencing..Casavant plead guilty to possession of child pornography, making child pornography, voyeurism, sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, and was sentenced to six years in prison with one year already served..Now, less than three years later, the child predator will be released to a community residential facility at an unnamed location, however the Parole Board of Canada confirmed it won’t be the same geographic region in which he committed his crimes..The board also says he'll be prohibited from areas that children gather such as schools, parks, playgrounds, pools, and community centres, and he's not allowed to access any form of pornography or the internet..A pre-sentence psychiatric report found Casavant possessed a higher than average risk of reoffending. The parole board agreed he still poses an "above average" risk. Nonetheless, he won't be serving his full sentence behind bars and the board believes he will reintegrate into society as a law-abiding citizen.
Less than three years into his sentence, a notorious Penticton child sex offender was granted day parole..Edward Casavant, 58, also known as “Eddie Spaghetti” by the children he used to surround himself with, pled guilty in 2019 to a multitude of charges relating to child pornography, voyeurism, and the abuse of an autistic child..He compiled sexually explicit content of children for more than a 10-year period according to a provincial court judge, further noting he was found to be in possession of nearly 300 explicit videos of kids, much of which was filmed during Casavant's time as a lifeguard at the Summerland Aquatic Centre where he worked from the late 80s until his 2018 arrest..Penticton RCMP launched the investigation in 2018 after a Staples employee overseeing a computer transfer for Casavant noticed a file titled “Fun with Boys,” which showed thumbnails that appeared to be child pornography..Police seized the computers and found dozens of child porn images at Casavant's home during a search warrant as well as hundreds of videos showing voyeuristic footage from the aquatic centre, abuse of a young boy with autism, and downloaded material..Mounties also found a computer in the process of being wiped and said there was evidence he’d been exchanging the content with others online. More seized content downloaded by Casavant depicted sexual crimes committed against infants as well as bestiality..The voyeuristic videos showed boys as young as six-years-old..“Because the voyeurism went on for some 10-to-15 years, it’s very likely an entire generation of children was potentially exposed to this activity,” said Provincial Court Judge Monica McParland during the January 2020 sentencing..Casavant plead guilty to possession of child pornography, making child pornography, voyeurism, sexual exploitation of a person with a disability, and was sentenced to six years in prison with one year already served..Now, less than three years later, the child predator will be released to a community residential facility at an unnamed location, however the Parole Board of Canada confirmed it won’t be the same geographic region in which he committed his crimes..The board also says he'll be prohibited from areas that children gather such as schools, parks, playgrounds, pools, and community centres, and he's not allowed to access any form of pornography or the internet..A pre-sentence psychiatric report found Casavant possessed a higher than average risk of reoffending. The parole board agreed he still poses an "above average" risk. Nonetheless, he won't be serving his full sentence behind bars and the board believes he will reintegrate into society as a law-abiding citizen.
