Additional child pornography charges laid against Fort Smith suspect by NT RCMP ICE Unit

October 15, 2020
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

News release

Marcus Bourke, a Fort Smith man who was charged over a year ago with Luring and Possession of child pornography, is facing new charges.

The new charges were laid following an extensive investigation by the NT RCMP Internet Child Exploitation Unit (ICE), with the assistance of Saskatchewan RCMP Digital Forensics Unit, the G Division Major Crime Unit and Fort Smith RCMP.

In May 2019, the NT RCMP ICE Unit began an investigation and a search warrant for electronic devices was executed at a residence in Fort Smith in September 2019. Several devices were seized and the suspect, now 24-year-old, was arrested on scene without incident and charged.

Further analysis of the seized electronic devices led to additional charges being laid.

Marcus Bourke is facing a total of 15 charges:

  • Twelve (12) counts of Luring a child sec. 171.1(1)
  • Two (2) counts of Possession of child pornography sec. 163.1(4)
  • One (1) count of Accessing child pornography sec. 163.1(4.1)

Marcus Bourke is scheduled to appear in Territorial Court in Yellowknife on November 24th, 2020.

The NT RCMP ICE Unit's mandate is to investigate crimes including, but not limited to, child pornography, luring, non-consensual distribution of intimate images, sextortion and voyeurism.

The ICE Unit encourages anybody interested in learning about important topics such as online child exploitation, cyberbullying and internet safety to visit Cybertip.ca and ProtectKidsOnline.ca.

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Contact information

Julie Plourde
Media Relations Officer
Northwest Territories RCMP – Yellowknife, NT
Office: (867)765-3712
RCMP.NTMedia-NTMedias.GRC@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

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