Arguing it’s a fitting punishment for someone who betrayed his country, the Crown today called for Cameron Ortis — the former RCMP intelligence official found guilty late last year of leaking secret information to police targets — to be sentenced to nearly 30 years behind bars.
Crown prosecutor Judy Kliewer told an Ottawa courtroom Thursday morning that two consecutive sentences totalling 28 years in prison is “not only an appropriate but a necessary sentence.”
“His conduct betrayed the RCMP. It betrayed the Five Eyes,” she said, referring to Canada’s international intelligence partners.
