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Content warning: This article contains information about alleged child sexual abuse material, that might be triggering from some readers. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Five months after a judge heard submissions on a convoluted scheme involving fake Instagram accounts and doctored images of minors, a former Penticton youth leader will not spend time in jail.<\/p>\n

Scott Vanderburg, 35, had his sentence read out in Kelowna Court on Nov. 15, according to online documents, after previously appearing in Penticton, where he had pleaded guilty to creating child sexual abuse material and distributing child sexual abuse material as defined under the Canadian Criminal Code.<\/p>\n

A publication ban applies to the case and covers anything that might identify any of the witnesses or victims involved.<\/p>\n

During the submissions by the Crown and Vanderburg’s defence on June 30 in Penticton regarding an appropriate sentence, the court heard the details of the unique case.<\/p>\n

It was stated that Vanderburg was originally arrested in 2022 on suspicion of having sexually interfered with a minor.<\/p>\n

After being released from police custody, he exited and then returned to the detachment to admit what actually happened, leading to his second arrest that day on the charges he later pleaded guilty to in court. Prior to his arrest, Vanderburg was a member of the Bethel Church in Penticton and a youth group leader.<\/p>\n

Three youths were involved in the case, either as victims or witnesses, with Vanderburg impersonating the victim as well as another account to spread further allegations and rumours of being in a relationship with the victim.<\/p>\n

The impersonated account had sent messages to one witness claiming the relationship, which led to the original arrest. Vanderburg and then the youth both denied those claims in statements to the police.<\/p>\n

Yet another account surfaced after a school counsellor brought forward messages sent to a different witness, which also alluded to a sexual relationship between the victim and Vanderburg, and that further included a doctored image of Youth Two with what appeared to be semen all over their face.<\/p>\n

Minutes after Vanderburg’s release from police custody for his first arrest, he returned to admit that he had fabricated the accounts and messages, as well as sending the doctored image.<\/p>\n

He was promptly arrested for the second time, and the subsequent search of his phone by the police found the usage of websites for the manipulation of images in a sexual manner, as well as 30 additional images of adult female bodies with the youth’s face superimposed on them.<\/p>\n

Crown noted at the June 30 court appearance that the position of trust that Vanderburg held was an aggravating factor in the case, while also noting that, unlike most other cases involving the charge of producing child sexual abuse material, in this case, no child was abused to create the material involved.<\/p>\n

Defence had also pointed to the potential impact on his medical care as one of the reasons to consider house arrest, and that the pre-sentencing report found him to be a low-to-moderate risk for reoffending.<\/p>\n

Due to the lack of comparable cases and precedent, the judge had requested additional time to come to a decision on an appropriate sentence.<\/p>\n

Crown wanted an 18-month jail sentence, followed by three years of probation, including a no-contact order with the youths involved, while the defence wanted a conditional sentence, which would be served in the community instead of in jail.<\/p>\n

According to the court documents, the judge deemed the defence’s position the appropriate one and gave Vanderburg a conditional sentence of 18 months, followed by an 18-month probation.<\/p>\n

Vanderburg was also ordered to pay $400 in victim crime surcharges and to submit to mandatory DNA submission into the national database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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