A convicted Nova Scotia child porn maker’s former prison pal turned him in for using the internet, despite a court-ordered lifetime ban.A convicted Nova Scotia child porn maker’s former prison pal turned him in for using the internet, despite a court-ordered lifetime ban.
Ward, now 55, was released from New Glasgow’s Northeast Nova Scotia Correctional Facility on April 28.By the following month, Pictou County Mounties started noticing updates on his Facebook account, Edwards said. With his credit for serving time on remand before conviction, Ward said in a May 18 post that he only wound up doing another 10 months behind bars after his sentencing.Arrested againBut investigators failed to get a search warrant for the devices pictured on his Facebook account, Edwards said in information to obtain another warrant filed in Truro provincial court seeking permission to search Ward’s car and Truro motel room.
“Paul Ward has an internet ban and is using the account in the name of a fictitious person to access the internet,” Locke told investigators. The fake profile mentioned he had worked with a Truro courier outfit. That detail appeared to have been added in July. “Locke spent time with Ward in jail and feels he did not learn anything from his time there and needs help.”