Posted on 04/18/2009 12:18:41 PM PDT by Loyalist
A United Nations employee was caught with child pornography as he entered the country last week at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
Jose Antonio Ortega Osona, 40, a Spanish citizen who lives in New York, pleaded guilty Friday in Dartmouth provincial court to a Criminal Code charge of possessing child pornography and a Customs Act charge of smuggling prohibited goods.
Associate Chief Judge Brian Gibson gave Mr. Ortega Osona double credit for the nine days he spent on remand and sentenced him to an additional 72 days at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside.
Customs officers searched Mr. Ortega Osona’s personal belongings after he arrived at the airport on a flight from New York on April 9.
Portable memory devices found in his backpack contained more than 800 images of hard-core child pornography, some involving a girl who appeared to be about five years old.
Mr. Ortega Osona expects to lose his job as a demographer with the UN’s fertility division because of the convictions, defence lawyer Geoff Newton said.
"Any jail sentence he gets pales in comparison to the effects this will have on his life," Mr. Newton said.
Mr. Ortega Osona was ordered to provide a sample of his DNA for a national databank.
"We are committed to keeping this type of material out of our communities," Andrew LeFrank, the Canada Border Services Agency’s director for Nova Scotia, said in a release.
"This seizure reaffirms our role in the efforts to prevent the exploitation of children in Canada and around the world."
81 days? Should be 81 years.
If this had happened in this country the sentence would have been stiff-most federal judges are giving out terms that start at 10 years for this crime.
WOW! He is headed for bigger and better things at the U.N. after scoring that “Badge of Honor” by U.N. Standards!
Heck! ZERO HSSEIN may hire him away from the U.N. to headup
his Child Pornography Legal Team at the DOJ with those Credentials:-)
Let me be the first to say that he was...ah...er..doing research on child pornography, and that required him to obtain some of it, but that he was secretly working with law enforcement and,...ah..er. Yeah, that’s the ticket!
“”Any jail sentence he gets pales in comparison to the effects this will have on his life,” Mr. Newton said. “
Yeah! Poor pervert! /sarc
Child porn is legal in the majority of countries in this world. Why should we be surprised at this. The UN is certainly no moral stronghold.
He was probably being paid upwards of $200,000 a year when all benefits are included. The UN is the greatest way to build an egalitarian class among the thrid world and developing nations of the world. Google search "United Nations salary" for more info.
Not really surprised since he’s UN scum, but FIVE?
Then again, I guess criticizing him would be the trifecta of racism, isolationism, and cultural insensitivity.
UN = Unpunished Nazis
The UN has always had a problem with pedophiles....seems every Peacekeeping mission has some problem with UN troops or officials pedo-philing
“Any jail sentence he gets pales in comparison to the effects this will have on his life,” Mr. Newton said.
Who cares about this POS?
What about the children in the images? Who is looking for them?
This law disgust me knowing that this POS wasn’t shot on the spot for having that in his possession.
What you say? A Sack of sh#t UN employee? No WAY!!!! (obvious sarc).
Look at Barry's cabinet full of iron cladded lesbians! This UN official,is one of many *Kiddie Fiddlers* all of which reek of sexual perversion! They make me sick!
No! A UN EMPLOYEE???
Hang'im. The slow way.
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