The province’s Attorney General wants a long-term offender designation for Avery Taylor, one of three young people who have pleaded guilty to sex offences involving children.

On Tuesday, the crown attorney told the court Attorney General wants to go forward with the long-term offender application (LTO).

Taylor remains in custody after pleading guilty to 11 sex crimes, including conspiring to drug a child, making child pornography, sexual assault and bestiality and is still waiting to be sentenced.

The Government of Canada created the long-term offender designation as an amendment to the criminal code back in 1997.

Mostly used for sex offenders, the designation was designed to target people who are not captured by the dangerous offender provisions, but who still present a high risk of committing future sexual offences.

The court takes several things into account, including if a prison sentence of two or more years is appropriate for the offences, if there is a substantial risk the person will reoffend and if there is a reasonable possibility the risk the offender presents can eventually be controlled.

At the end, it’s a judge who decides if a person is declared a long-term offender

The other two accused, Shayne Lund and Kathryn Thompson are still waiting to be sentenced.

In Spetmber, the crown attorney told the court it wants a long-term offender designation for Kathryn Thompson.

The crown has said from the beginning it would pursue a similar designation for Shayne Lund. 

A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for April.