This copy is for your personal non-commercial use only. After police arrested him in January, they seized his computers and found 14, photos and another videos of child pornography, Lamrock said. They included images of various child sex acts, she said. She later told the court that Snook, 41, provided money to boys to perform sex acts in his suburban home and allowed them to consume alcohol and marijuana there.
Snook helped run a local lunch program for kids, where he met one boy who he victimized for about seven years, Lamrock said. Lamrock said Snook was involved with another boy for five years. I was ready to go. Another of the boys Snook abused was a child who was in his care for a time, court heard.
Lamrock said very few of the boys provided victim impact statements. Snook pleaded guilty in May to 46 charges including sexual assault and possessing, distributing and making child pornography.
The Mounties say the crimes began in January and involved 17 boys, most of whom were from the Saint John area and between the ages of five and 15 at the time of the offences. In some cases while chatting online with boys, Snook pretended to be a teenage girl, Lamrock said. But Snook urged the boy to masturbate and he later agreed, Lamrock said. Snook was elected to city council in and was involved in community organizations including the Inner City Youth Ministry, which provides sports programs, mentoring and lunches at three schools.
Neither the Crown nor defence have said what sentences they are seeking. The hearing continues Friday. In a separate matter, Snook also faces two counts each of sexual assault and sexual interference involving a boy for incidents alleged to have occurred in the mids in western Newfoundland. That case has been adjourned until Oct. Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited.
