Canadian navy sailor found dead after guilty verdict in child-luring trial

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A sailor in the Royal Canadian Navy was found dead in his home on Vancouver Island on Thursday, just hours after he was convicted of sex crimes and disgraceful conduct in a military court martial.

The RCMP and the coroner’s service are investigating the death of Master Sailor Randolph “Randy” Machtmes, the navy confirmed Monday. The cause of death has not been determined.on charges of child luring, invitation to sexual touching and disgraceful conduct.

Machtmes was 43 years old at the time of the offences and the victim was 15. The court heard last week that Machtmes and the victim exchanged hundreds of highly sexual Instagram messages between September and November 2018. The victim and his mother both testified at the trial about the sexually explicit nature of the messages, including requests for photos of the victim and his girlfriend.

 

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Coward...happy to abuse but cannot take the heat.

Good

the article reads 'The defence argued that anyone could have authored the messages from the sailor's account while he was deployed.' that's Canada's military trying to cover up the crime of sexually assaulting a minor

Ugggghhhhhh!

Didn't we just pass a law allowing this right to die?

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