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A judge Wednesday sentenced a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force to 14 years in prison for breaching the country's secrets law. Cameron Jay Ortis led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Operations Research group, which assembles classified information on cybercriminals, terror cells and transnational criminal networks. Ontario Superior Court Justice Robert Maranger said Wednesday that Ortis will be credited with time spent in custody, and he must now serve another seven years and 155 days.

Cameron Ortis was convicted of passing secret material in a case that shocked the Canadian intelligence community

The case against Cameron Ortis marks the first time Canada's espionage laws were tested at trial.

Prosecutors want ex-RCMP intelligence director general Cameron Ortis sentenced to the maximum prison term possible to “send a message” after he was found guilty of leaking top secret information to suspected criminals. 

Michael Kovrig, one or two Canadians detained in China for almost three years, has called on a judge to avoid imposing a lengthy prison sentence on a former RCMP intelligence official found guilty of leaking secrets.