Crown wants Inisfill pedo who assaulted girls 12-14 caged 10 years

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Curtis Gamble liked his girls young and easy to control. Cops believe there were five victims in all. They were aged 12 to 14.

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In January, the 22-year-old Innisfil pedophile — who also has a penchant for child pornography — pleaded guilty to about a dozen sex crimes involving the young victims.

Now, the Crown wants to see Gamble sentenced to 10 years behind bars. His team wants seven in the slammer with extra credit for pre-sentence and lockdown custody.

“I was assaulted and violated,” said one girl who was 13 at the time of the attack, CTV News reported. “He gets a sick enjoyment at seeing someone break down.”

According to cops, Gamble was 19 when he began hunting for underage girls via social media apps using the handle emptygoatdemon. He told them he was 16.

And, according to the agreed statement of facts, the child molester went to extreme lengths to satisfy his sick needs. Gamble knew that some of his targets were in Grades 7 and 8.

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He’d offer them lifts home from school.

But soon, he became obsessive and threatening. His object was to control the young victims so he could have sex with them.

When he was arrested in 2022, detectives seized Gamble’s two phones. On the devices were 22 child porn images.

During his sexual assaults on the teens, he took videos, photos and screenshots of the children performing sexual acts.

In text messages read in court, one featured Gamble calling one of the young girls his wife and soulmate. Gamble wrote that he wanted to get her pregnant.

While he was out on bail, one 14-year-old victim rode her bike to his house where he lied that he was 16. He had unprotected sex with her twice.

Gamble said she “was the prettiest girl he had ever seen.” But after she saw Gamble’s photo in a police press release, she went to cops.

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Following his arrest, he was released on $20,000 bail to his parents. While living with his mom, Gamble was arrested again months later for breaching his conditions for accessing the internet.

CTV reported that as his litany of horrendous crimes were listed, Gamble sat in the prisoner’s box and smirked. On Tuesday, he reportedly smirked again as his lawyers argued for some leniency.

As part of a pre-sentence report, Gamble copped to his wicked machinations. He wanted sex with the young girls — and he wanted them to fear him.

The child of a wealthy and privileged family, Gamble didn’t work at the time of the assaults.

Besides sexual assault, Gamble also pleaded guilty to the bail breach and making and distributing child pornography.

He is slated to be sentenced in late August.

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