Peter Alan Moorhouse, former president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of Atlantic Canada, arrives at Shubenacadie provincial court Friday for the start of his sentencing hearing on charges of making arrangements with another man to commit a sexual offence against a child and making child pornography. - Steve BruceSaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for September 29, 2023 | SaltWireSHUBENACADIE, N.S.
Each of Moorhouse’s offences carries a mandatory minimum sentence of a year in jail, but defence lawyer Ian Hutchison says that would violate his client’s right under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms not to be subjected to cruel or unusual punishment. Lipton told The Chronicle Herald she has yet to finalize her sentencing position but will ask that Moorhouse get consecutive time for the two offences.According to the facts filed with the court, East Hants RCMP responded to a complaint in late January 2021 from a woman who found inappropriate messages on Moraga’s cellphone regarding her 14-year-old daughter.
Peter Alan Moorhouse, 50, of Enfield passes through security as he arrives at Shubenacadie provincial court Friday for the start of his sentencing hearing on two charges involving the sexual exploitation of children. - Steve Bruce Yates told the court that in her opinion, Moorhouse’s risk to reoffend generally is low and his risk to reoffend sexually is below average to average.
In his mid- to late 20s, Moorhouse reportedly began to play online games and used the chat rooms within the games. He told the psychologist that he learned that he was invited to play more games when he assumed a female’s name, so he began posing as a teenage girl, and men would flirt with him.