The Saskatchewan Court of Appeal increased Philip Chicoine’s child pornography sentence to 15 years in prison.

The Crown is appealing the longest sentence ever handed down for child porn offences in Saskatchewan on Thursday.

The Crown is appealing the 12-year prison sentence handed down in a recent Saskatchewan child pornography case.

Philip Chicoine was sentenced after pleading guilty to 40 child pornography charges, including paying women in Philippines to live-stream sexual abuse of children.

The Crown argued Philip Chicoine is equally as culpable as a person who physically abuses a child.

A 27-year-old Saskatoon man traded child porn and paid for live streaming abuse while living at his parents' house.

A Kansas man was sentenced to life in prison Monday for the killing of his 7-year-old son, who authorities say was subjected to horrific abuse and was "essentially starved to death" before his remains were found in the family's pig sty.