‘CanadaCreep’ jailed two years for voyeurism and child pornography
A Calgary man who filmed women without their knowledge and posted the images to a Twitter account called “CanadaCreep” has been sentenced to two years in prison on voyeurism and child pornography charges.
Jeffery Williamson, 44, was also placed on probation for two years, during which he must take counselling for his sexual problems.
Williamson pleaded guilty to charges of possession of child pornography, taking voyeurism videos and distributing those videos through his Twitter account, @CanadaCreep.
Crown prosecutor Jenny Rees told provincial court Judge Catherine Skene investigators had to go through massive amounts of data on Williamson’s computers to find all the images and videos.
Rees said forensic analysts found 30 “upskirt” videos Williamson took of female victims, as well as about 30,000 child pornography images and 112 videos which were of the posing variety.
She said in June, 2017, Calgary police began to receive reports through its social media account that a Twitter account with the handle CanadaCreep was posting voyeuristic images and videos.
She said many of the images were of women’s backsides or cleavage.
As investigators attempted to identify the owner of the account they received reports from an employee of a Calgary company implicating Williamson. He was identified by his reflection in a store window, which was visible in one of the videos he posted, Rees said.
Rees said Williamson indicated through counsel early on that he wished to plead guilty, but said the case was delayed because of the massive volume of evidence.
“There was terabytes and terabytes of data,” she said.
Rees said multiple videos were shared by Williamson with others through his Twitter account, which was closed immediately after police received complaints.
“It’s probably one of the largest distribution cases that we’ve seen,” she said.
Defence counsel Susan Karpa said her client sought help immediately after he was charged.
“Mr. Williamson on his own went and started counselling,” Karpa said. During those sessions he determined he had been the victim of sexual abuse as a child, she told Skene.
Along with his probation, Williamson is subject to an order that he not attend parks or other areas where children are present, not hold a job or volunteer position over children, and have no contact with children under 16 without adult supervision for 10 years.
There was terabytes and terabytes of data . ... It’s probably one of the largest distribution cases we’ve seen.