Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Former teacher facing child porn charge


Staff reporter

A former teacher already facing two counts of sexual assault has been charged with possession of child pornography.


Two 10-year-old girls were allegedly inappropriately touched and assaulted in January and February of 2008 at the Just For You Catering on Eagle St., just off Yonge St., in Newmarket, police say. The accused owns the catering service.


Several computers, a camera and photographs were seized in a February investigation.


Newmarket resident Shawn Ahluwalia, 31, is facing two counts of sexual assault and one count of possession of child pornography.


Ahluwalia was fired from his elementary school post in 2001, and his teaching licence was revoked in 2003.


The accused remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in a Newmarket court on Tuesday.


Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Const. Dan Fowler in the Sexual Assault Bureau at 1-866-876-5423 ext. 7071 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

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