Christopher Paul Neil, convicted sex offender, jailed for 3 months

Convicted sex offenderChristopher Paul Neil has been sentenced to three months in prison and three yearsprobationfor possessing devices capable of accessing the internet.

The charges were among 10 recentlylaid against Neil by authorities in B.C.,relatingto possessing and accessing child pornography.

Neil, 39,became known as the Swirl Facesex abuser for digitally altering his face in images posted online. He was identified and arrested in Bangkok in 2007.

The most recent allegedincidents took place in 2013 in Vancouver.Neil will be tried on the other charges after serving out his sentence.

Neil facesone count each of production of child porn and possession of child pornography relating to incidents that allegedly occurred in 2007 in Maple Ridge.

He also faces two counts of sexual touching and two counts of invitation to sexual touching stemming from alleged incidentsin 2003 in Cambodia. None of the allegations have been proven in court.

The Criminal Code gives Canadian authorities the power to investigate and prosecute certain offences, such as child pornography and the victimization of children, committed by Canadian citizens in other countries.

Neil was convicted of a series of sexual offences involving children in Bangkokin 2008.

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He sparked a worldwide Interpol manhuntafterGerman police digitally unscrambled internet photos of him sexually abusing boys in Southeast Asia.

He was returned to Canada in September 2012, after serving his sentence in Thailand, and has been subject to a series of conditions ever since.

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Before his arrest overseas, the former Maple Ridge resident worked as a teacher in several parts of Asia dating back to 2000. He had also worked as a part-time teacher in B.C.