New charges filed against Nova Scotia pedophile convicted of sex abuse of Filipino kids

A Nova Scotia pedophile who was convicted of directing the sexual abuse of Filipino children over the internet eight years ago is facing new charges.

Jason Troy Pitts, 47, was arrested again on Feb. 9 of this year and was held in custody overnight.

The Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a press release that investigators received information in July last year that Pitts was using the internet again, violating a prohibition order.

Jason Troy Pitts, 47, was arrested again on Feb. 9.

A Nova Scotia pedophile who was convicted of directing the sexual abuse of Filipino children over the internet eight years ago is facing new charges.

Jason Troy Pitts, 47, was arrested again on Feb. 9 of this year and was held in custody overnight.

The Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a press release that investigators received information in July last year that Pitts was using the internet again, violating a prohibition order.

A Nova Scotia pedophile who was convicted of directing the sexual abuse of Filipino children over the internet eight years ago is facing new charges.

Jason Troy Pitts, 47, was arrested again on Feb. 9 of this year and was held in custody overnight.

The Nova Scotia Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a press release that investigators received information in July last year that Pitts was using the internet again, violating a prohibition order.

A legal search of his home in Windsor, N.S., led to seizure of cell phones, computers, computer accessories and documents.

“During these searches, RCMP officers located a large volume of child pornography,” the release said.

He faces charges of possession of child pornography; transmission of child pornography; making child pornography; accessing child pornography; failure to comply with a prohibition order.

Police say no local children were involved in the commission of the offences.

In 2015, Pitts was sentenced to a total of seven years in prison after pleading guilty to making, possessing and accessing child pornography, as well as eight counts of conspiring to commit sexual assault on a child.

Pitts had adults in the Philippines direct children to perform sexual acts, including paying a woman to perform acts with a girl aged between eight and 11 years whom she said was her daughter.

He was given statutory release in Oct. 2019 and was granted leave privileges on Jan. 22.

RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Chris Marshall said Friday that the new charge is again related to producing written materials that encourage sexual offences against children in the Philippines and other countries.