In a case that appears unprecedented in Canada, three men have been sentenced for posting the image and audio of a key Crown witness in a Toronto murder case to a series of Instagram accounts with a total of more than 500,000 followers.
“These are not simple, mischievous pranks that will go unpunished,” Ontario Court Judge Phil Downes said, describing the case as an opportunity to send a strong message of deterrence that, as the courts embrace online video conferencing, “this type of abuse will not be tolerated.”
