Previously, a former RCMP intelligence official named Cameron Ortis was sentenced to 14 years in jail for sharing national secrets. Now, he has been given permission to be released from jail until his appeal is heard. Our News desk has confirmed this news.
Ortis will be let go once the conditions are decided, and we will hear more about it on Monday.
A former RCMP intelligence official was given a 14-year prison sentence for sharing classified national information.
Ortis was the boss of the RCMP’s National Intelligence Coordination Centre until he was arrested in September 2019.
In November, a jury said he did six bad things, like breaking a law about keeping secrets. It was the first time someone had been on trial for breaking that law.
Judge Maranger said when Ortis was sentenced in February that it was a difficult task. He also said he expected the Ortis decision to be taken to higher courts because of the evidence that could or couldn’t be used at trial due to national security.
Both the prosecution and the defense have asked for a review of Ortis’s sentence. A decision on whether to allow the appeal was made on March 8.
He is in Joyceville Institution, a prison in Kingston, Ontario.
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Cameron Ortis, former RCMP intelligence officer given bail while his appeal was ongoing
