HALIFAX – A Manitoba musician has been sentenced to three months in jail for having child pornography on the international cruise ship he was working on.
Sean Richard Bell, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Halifax courtroom to possession of child pornography under the Criminal Code and smuggling under the Customs Act.
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Bell was given credit for three weeks he spent in custody prior to being released on bail earlier this summer, leaving him with 69 days left to serve.
The resident of Morden, Man., was arrested June 3 when Holland America Veendam cruise ship made a scheduled stop in Nova Scotia.
An online biography says Bell was a performer in Neptunes Trio on the ship, and had been working cruise lines since 2006.
Officials with Canada Border Services found a hard drive with 70 images and videos of mostly naked boys during a routine search of the ship in port.
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