TERRI THEODORE
The Canadian Press
Abbotsford, B.C. — A Canadian wanted on child-sex charges in Thailand was convicted in Cambodia of similar charges this year.
And police in Thailand claim to have evidence of Orville Mader's sexual activity with young boys dating back to 2003.
The information is contained in a document used to keep Mr. Mader in custody and outlines more than a dozen potential criminal charges Mr. Mader “will commit.”
Those charges include sexual interference, incest, bestiality in the presence of a child and sexual assault.
The document backs up those claims “as a result of convictions in absentia for debauchery in 2007 in Cambodia for offences that occurred in 2004.”
It also states there is “evidence of sexual activity with male children under 14 in e-mails exchanged in 2001 and 2004 in Cambodia.”
The Crown is using the information to prevent Mr. Mader from contacting anyone under the age of 14 if he is released on bail.
An Abbotsford court agreed Wednesday to hear Mr. Mader's bail application on Thursday after he made a brief appearance via video link from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre.
“Yes, I'm Orville Frank Mader,” he confirmed as he sat slumped over in a plastic chair in front of the camera being projected to the court.
The slim, 54-year-old had his sandy brown hair cut short and was wearing an orange, prison-issue jump suit.
When the court learned he had a Vancouver lawyer, it set his bail application to the next afternoon.
The Kitchener, Ont., resident, who has a home in the Vancouver area but apparently has lived in Asia for years, is wanted in Thailand on allegations he had sex with an eight-year-old boy.
Mr. Mader was arrested last Friday after stepping off a flight at Vancouver International Airport and held under a protective order after a provincial court judge ruled he could present a threat to children.
The Crown said last week Mr. Mader can go free if he agrees to conditions that keep him away from places frequented by kids, such as playgrounds, schoolyards and community centres.
And police in Thailand claim to have evidence of Orville Mader's sexual activity with young boys dating back to 2003.
The information is contained in a document used to keep Mr. Mader in custody and outlines more than a dozen potential criminal charges Mr. Mader “will commit.”
Those charges include sexual interference, incest, bestiality in the presence of a child and sexual assault.
The document backs up those claims “as a result of convictions in absentia for debauchery in 2007 in Cambodia for offences that occurred in 2004.”
It also states there is “evidence of sexual activity with male children under 14 in e-mails exchanged in 2001 and 2004 in Cambodia.”
The Crown is using the information to prevent Mr. Mader from contacting anyone under the age of 14 if he is released on bail.
An Abbotsford court agreed Wednesday to hear Mr. Mader's bail application on Thursday after he made a brief appearance via video link from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre.
“Yes, I'm Orville Frank Mader,” he confirmed as he sat slumped over in a plastic chair in front of the camera being projected to the court.
The slim, 54-year-old had his sandy brown hair cut short and was wearing an orange, prison-issue jump suit.
When the court learned he had a Vancouver lawyer, it set his bail application to the next afternoon.
The Kitchener, Ont., resident, who has a home in the Vancouver area but apparently has lived in Asia for years, is wanted in Thailand on allegations he had sex with an eight-year-old boy.
Mr. Mader was arrested last Friday after stepping off a flight at Vancouver International Airport and held under a protective order after a provincial court judge ruled he could present a threat to children.
The Crown said last week Mr. Mader can go free if he agrees to conditions that keep him away from places frequented by kids, such as playgrounds, schoolyards and community centres.
