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A mentally disabled Windsor man received a one-day sentence Monday after being caught with photos and video depicting “absolutely horrific” child pornography.

Christopher Giles, 20, pleaded guilty Monday to possession of child porn and was set free with several conditions after serving eight months in pretrial custody.

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Before sentencing, Ontario court Justice Micheline Rawlins told Giles that the fact he didn’t actually make the photos doesn’t mean he wasn’t victimizing the children. The victimization, she added, didn’t cease when he stopped looking at the photos.

“If no one looked at these pictures, no one would make them,” said Rawlins.

“These are real little girls and real little boys. It’s the gift that keeps on giving because, as the Crown said, as long as computers are around, those pictures are there for the rest of their lives…. They’re being violated. They’re being hurt for the rest of their lives.”