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N.B. man sentenced to 2 years for possession of child pornography

A Moncton man has been sentenced to two years in prison for possession and accessing child pornography. Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press/File

A man from Moncton, N.B., has been sentenced to two years in prison for possession of and accessing child pornography.

Sean Timothy Sullivan, 37, was sentenced on Dec. 6 after he pleaded guilty to both charges.

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Sullivan was arrested in January 2015 during a police investigation. Police seized a computer after a search of his home.

Sullivan will also be added to the National Sex Offender Registry for life and prohibited from using the internet for non-work-related purposes.

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He is also prohibited from being around or communicating by any means with anyone under the age of 16 without the presence of an adult.

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In addition to the two-year sentence, Sullivan received an additional year for an unrelated matter involving drug-related offences and a breach of his condition by possession of a computer system.

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