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The crown lawyer, Lyne Decarie, informed provincial court that the navy intelligence officer convicted of espionage, Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, overall received bribes summing up to $72,000 in various payments from 2007 until 2011. The sentence hearing of the case will begin in Halifax today. The suspected ex-navy officer has already confessed of selling secrets to the Russians.
Delisle pleaded guilty in court back in October, when he clearly admitted to one charge of breach of trust and two charges of passing information to a foreign entity which could harm Canada’s interests. Delisle was present in court next to his defence lawyer wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt. He will be the first person in Canadian history to be sentenced under Canada’s Security of Information Act. Analysts have anticipated that the breach of trust charge can result in prison sentence of maximum five years, whereas the remaining two charges are competent of resulting in a sentence of life imprisonment. The sentencing hearing is expected to last two days.
It is previously elaborated by Decarie that Delisle visited the Russian Embassy in Ottawa in July 2007 for offering his services in exchange of money. She pointed out that Russian agents demanded him to supply a “manuscript” on the 10th of every month with information relevant to Russia. It was revealed that overall 23 payments were accepted by Delisle for his work, which totals up to $71,817. Record confirms that Delisle joined navy in 1996, became a member in 2001 and was promoted as an officer in 2008.
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