Officials have revealed that a Canadian high court will consider the question of reasonably determining the age of someone chatting on the Internet when talk turns sexual.

The Toronto Sun reported on Monday that in a lower court case, Michell Rayal Levigne was initially found not guilty of attempting to sexually lure a detective posing online as a 13-year-old boy. Levigne argued he believed the online correspondent was 18.

The newspaper also said that prosecutors appealed and an appeals court found Levigne guilty.

It was also reported that Levigne's lawyer argued the online Yahoo profile of "etownjessy13" -- the name used by the detective in online chats -- said he was 18.

But "Jessy" repeatedly told Levigne he was 13, prosecutors said. Levigne countered that he thought Yahoo policed the adults-only chat room.

Levigne was willfully blind to the chatter's age and "I thought about it" didn't qualify as taking reasonable steps to establish he was over 18, prosecutors has said.

The Sun further said that the case will go to Canada's Supreme Court. (With inputs from Agencies)