Stephen Brun · CBC News
Jonathan Anthony Jeffery Sentenced to Nearly Six Years in Federal Prison for Child Pornography and Voyeurism
A Prince Edward Island man, Jonathan Anthony Jeffery, was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for his role in filming and transmitting child pornography, involving 13 victims, including 12 minors.
The 35-year-old from PEI pleaded guilty to several charges, including voyeurism, intercepting private communications, and unsafe firearm storage. The crimes occurred between 2021 and 2023, when Jeffery secretly recorded victims using high-tech surveillance equipment.
RCMP initiated the investigation in February 2023 after receiving a complaint about voyeurism. Jeffery had secretly installed remote-controlled cameras in three different homes, filming his victims without their knowledge. Thousands of videos were discovered on his phone and a cloud-based storage system.
Jeffery initially claimed that he installed the cameras to catch his partner, whom he suspected of infidelity. However, the scope of his criminal activities far exceeded this justification. The victims, whose identities are protected by a publication ban, included 12 minors and one adult.
During the court proceedings, Crown attorney John Diamond outlined how Jeffery used sophisticated equipment to film his victims surreptitiously, adding that the offences took place at various homes over a two-year period.
