A former Fort Frances man convicted a second time of making obscene material and putting it online now faces nearly $30,000 in fines.
Justice John McCartney of the Superior Court sentenced Donald L. Smith this week to 2-years of probation and a combined 28-grand in fines, to be paid within a 2-year period.
Smith was found guilty after a May 2008 trial in Fort Frances.
2-charges were for making obscene material, while 2-others were for possessing obscene material for the purpose of distribution and distributing obscene material.
The case revolved around short films available to paying customers on websites that showed images of nude women with knife wounds and arrows protruding from their bodies.