But Gill argued during Devic's sentencing hearing that the former Surrey RCMP officer never believed the woman — a then-30-year-old member of the vigilante group, Creep Catchers, named Danielle Van Vliet — was under 16. Lawyers for the Crown are seeking a conditional one-year jail sentence for Devic to be served in the community. Gill told the court on Tuesday that his client investigated the claims made by Van Vliet regarding her age during a 200-email exchange in order to debunk them. Gill said the claims that Van Vliet was an honour roll high school student and a youth soccer player were possible to check. "[It was] actually quite a clever piece of detective work, if I can put it that way," Gill told the judge.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2018 01:52 UTC