Cameron Jay Ortis, a former RCMP intelligence official charged with breaching Canada's secrets law, arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa, on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.
In a first-of-its-kind appeal, Cameron Ortis — the former RCMP intelligence official sentenced to 14 years for leaking secret information to police targets — is seeking acquittal, arguing that he didn't get a fair trial.Cameron Jay Ortis arrives for his trial at the courthouse in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023.
According to a redacted transcript of Ortis's testimony, the former civilian member of the RCMP told the jury he was on a covert mission on behalf of an unnamed foreign agency. In an appeal filed last week in Ottawa, Ortis's lawyer Jon Doody argued that trial judge Justice Robert Maranger failed to find that Ortis's "right to a fair trial was impacted by the restrictions placed on his testimony, specifically his inability to be allowed to testify regarding the foreign agency source or provide details with respect to his motivations.
If the Court of Appeal for Ontario grants the request to appeal, the defence wants it to set aside Maranger's ruling and impose"a fit sentence.""Obviously, we thought this conduct was deserving of a much higher sentence than what the judge imposed today," said Crown prosecutor Judy Kliewer after Maranger handed down his decision earlier this month.
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