Security expert found guilty of possessing and distributing child porn

 Computer security expert Daniel Clayton has been found guilty of accessing, possessing and distributing child pornography.

Clayton was arrested more than a year ago, as a part of a worldwide investigation called ‘Project Sanctuary’.

A total of 57 men were charged in the sting.

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Clayton is a former British special forces agent who also owned a company in Calgary consulting on security issues.

Police allege he downloaded thousands of images of child pornography on his computer and participated in 74 sexually explicit web chats on 37 separate days on a peer-to-peer computer program between December 2009 and April 2010.

In previous court appearances, Clayton testified he has receipts and alibis that prove he wasn’t at home on his computer when the crimes were allegedly committed.

However, on Friday a judge found him guilty on all charges.