Michael Tomasik, accused of planning child abduction, may testify

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 attorneyPhilip Zylberbergis 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 Tomasikback 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'

Zylberbergargued 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.

ButZylberberg disputed that.

"He really meant it when he made these offers to these women," he said.

Berlinguette hassaid that he isconsidering putting Tomasikon the stand on Thursday to explain himselfwhen it presents its case.

Testimony: money for drugs and ice cream