A 36-year-old Manitoba musician working on a cruise ship was arrested Monday in Halifax and charged with owning and smuggling child pornography found on an external hard drive.
The CBC reports Halifax Regional Police made the arrest on the Holland America cruise ship the Ms Veendam after officers with the Canada Border Service Agency making a routine search found "explicit electronic files depicting child pornography on various electronic equipment belonging to a crew member."
The Winnipeg Free Press says Sean Richard Bell is being held in custody and if found guilty will receive a mandatory jail sentence. Bell worked on cruise liners since 2006 and according to an online biography performed in Neptunes Trio on the Ms Veendam, singing and playing a myriad of genres and styles.
According to the Halifax newspaper The Chronicle Herald, Bell, a native of Morden, Manitoba, faces Criminal Code charges of possessing and importing child pornography...
The CBC reports Halifax Regional Police made the arrest on the Holland America cruise ship the Ms Veendam after officers with the Canada Border Service Agency making a routine search found "explicit electronic files depicting child pornography on various electronic equipment belonging to a crew member."
The Winnipeg Free Press says Sean Richard Bell is being held in custody and if found guilty will receive a mandatory jail sentence. Bell worked on cruise liners since 2006 and according to an online biography performed in Neptunes Trio on the Ms Veendam, singing and playing a myriad of genres and styles.
According to the Halifax newspaper The Chronicle Herald, Bell, a native of Morden, Manitoba, faces Criminal Code charges of possessing and importing child pornography...
- 6/5/2013
- by The Huffington Post Canada
- Huffington Post
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