Michael Tomasik, accused of planning child abduction, may testify
Michael Tomasik faces 10 charges, including arranging to have sex with a minor, possession of child porn
A 35-year-old Sudbury man accused of trying to kidnap children to have sex with them may take the stand in his own defence Thursday.
Michael Tomasik is facing 10 charges, including arranging to have sex with a minor and production of child pornography.
The court has heard that he offered money to at least two women to help him arrange to have sex with young girls.
One of them was an undercover police officer, the other a prostitute.
Assistant crown attorney Philip Zylberberg is pushing to have the testimony of three other people admitted as evidence. Two of them are prostitutes he hired to help him abduct children and then coach on how to perform sexual acts and the other is an undercover police officer who a similar conversation with Tomasik back in 2007.
Some of those witnesses say that he made plans to abduct a child walking home from school, while others testified he was looking for a woman with daughters to be his "incest family."
'No intent to act out fantasies'
Zylberberg argued that this shows a "pattern of thought and planning" and "how developed it was in his mind, how important it was to him, how much harm he is willing to put to children to accomplish it."
Tomasik's defence lawyer, Darren Berlinguette, has suggested that these were just sexual fantasies he never planned to act on.,
"There is no intention to act out on the fantasies," he told the court.
But Zylberberg disputed that.
"He really meant it when he made these offers to these women," he said.
Berlinguette has said that he is considering putting Tomasik on the stand on Thursday to explain himself when it presents its case.
Testimony: money for drugs and ice cream
There are 10 charges against Michael Tomasik, including two counts of arranging to have sex with a minor.
On Tuesday, the court heard from the latest woman who claims Michael Tomasik wanted her help in luring a young girl off the streets of Sudbury.
She testified that Tomasik wanted her to gain the trust of a young girl, get her into his car and then coach her on how to perform sexual acts.
The woman, who can't be identified under a publication ban, said that Tomasik gave her money to buy drugs — with a little extra for ice cream to help attract a child.
The woman said she never intended to go through with it, and would just run off with the money to buy opiates.
She also repeatedly stated that she has memory loss from her drug use, but assured the court that she remembered these details in her testimony clearly.