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A 59-year-old Ottawa man has been charged with child pornography offences following an investigation by the Ottawa Police Service Internet child exploitation unit.

The investigation identified an IP address in the Ottawa area that had shared more than 2,000 files of prepubescent children being sexually abused. A search warrant was executed at a Cobourg Street address on Thursday, where an additional 32,000 files of suspected child pornography were discovered on several laptop computers and external drives.

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Richard Allen Bourne has been charged with possession of child pornography and making child pornography available. He is to appear in court on Friday.