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VANCOUVER -- A former teacher at an elite Vancouver private school has been sentenced to three months in prison and two years' probation after he pleaded guilty to accessing and possessing 41 images of child pornography.

The Provincial Court judge stated in their ruling that although the illegal images Christopher Charles Ingvaldson, 43, accessed at home and while working at St. George's School were "'very bad', there are more extreme cases."

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Judge W. J. Kitchen ruled that the media glare from the case embarrassed Ingvaldson, "his school, his colleagues, his head master, and in particular his students - even though the offences did not involve the school in any way or endanger the students."

Ingvaldson was reported to have told the court "I have lost many things since being arrested in June, 2010; a marriage, a career that I loved, numerous friendships, respect in the community at large," according to the ruling.