Ontario daycare employee faces additional child porn charges

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — More charges related to child pornography have been laid against a former employee at a daycare centre in Milton, Ont.

Steven Campbell, who is scheduled to appear in court on Friday, was initially arrested on April 25th and charged with possessing and accessing child pornography.

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Peel Region police say the new charges against the 37-year-old man include eight counts of sexual assault, eight counts of making child pornography and a further eight counts of sexual interference.

Police say the alleged victims “were all in attendance” at the facility when the alleged incidents took place.

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Campbell, of Brampton, Ont., worked as an early childhood education at the Bronte Street School.

The Milton Community Resource Centre, which oversees the facility, said in a notice to parents on Thursday that “the staff person in question has been removed from the premises and will not be returning throughout the duration of the investigation.”