Cameron Ortis, a former RCMP official found guilty of leaking secrets, is set to receive his sentencing.

Former RCMP intelligence official Cameron Ortis, convicted last year for leaking secret information to police targets, awaits sentencing today from an Ontario Superior Court judge. The Crown advocates for a severe punishment, proposing two consecutive sentences amounting to 28 years in prison.

In a sentencing hearing held last month, Crown prosecutor Judy Kliewer informed Justice Robert Maranger that the Crown’s suggestion is “not only fitting but imperative.” Meanwhile, the defense contends that the former civilian member of the RCMP faced hardships while in pre-trial custody and should not face further incarceration.

“No inmate has had to suffer what Mr. Ortis suffered,” said defence lawyer Jon Doody last month.

In November, Ortis, aged 51, was convicted of all six charges against him, which included breaches of Canada’s secrets act. Crown prosecutors successfully contended that Ortis exploited his position within the RCMP, overseeing a unit with access to Canadian and allied intelligence, to disclose sensitive information to police targets in early 2015.

The jury concluded Ortis had illicitly leaked special operational information to Vincent Ramos, CEO of Phantom Secure, a provider of encrypted cellphones to organized crime members, and to Salim Henareh and Muhammad Ashraf, individuals whom police suspected of involvement in an international money-laundering network with connections to terrorists.

In addition, the 51-year-old was convicted of attempting to disclose information to Farzam Mehdizadeh. A witness from the RCMP testified during Ortis’s trial, stating his belief that Mehdizadeh collaborated with “the most significant money launderers globally.”

Maranger will begin delivering his sentencing decision at 10 a.m. ET in Ottawa.