Saskatoon man accused of hate speech for alleged comments on slain woman's online obituary
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A 54-year-old man is facing three criminal charges after allegedly making hateful comments on the online obituary of Megan Gallagher.
A 54-year-old man is facing three criminal charges after allegedly making hateful comments on the online obituary of Megan Gallagher.
Robert Gordon had a lawyer appear on his behalf at Saskatoon Provincial Court Thursday for one charge of indecent communications and two charges of child pornography - one for making child pornography and one for possessing child pornography.
Brian Gallagher, Megan's father, says the family received a tip that someone was making "hateful" comments on a funeral page about their daughter shortly after her obituary was posted online to a local funeral home's website.
Megan's remains were found near St. Louis, Sask. two years after she had been reported missing.
Her celebration of life was held on Dec. 6 in Saskatoon.
Police said on Dec. 1, the Hate Crime Unit received a report of indecent communications with a hate/bias motivation on a website in Saskatoon. The comments were screened by moderators and never posted publicly, but they were reported to police that day.
After investigating, a search warrant was executed in the 1100 block of Avenue W North on Feb. 1 when Gordon was arrested.
