Nova Scotia judge sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

Details about his life are sketchy, but he is known to be divorced and has custody of three of his four children. One source is an old MySpace page that Delisle seemed to have neglected for a few years. He listed his interests as computers, reading, firearms, gardening, Monday Night Football, fishing, camping and canoeing.

Here are the known events in Delisle's life, and the espionage case.

June 1990

Jeffrey Paul Delisle (born in 1971) graduates from Sackville High School in Lower Sackville, N.S. "Jeff was a sort of person who just blended into the background," high school chum Greg Auton told The Globe and Mail.

January 1996

Delisle joins the reserves as an intelligence operator, serving with 3 Intelligence Company in Halifax. Thegroup conducts intelligence gathering operations.

May 3, 1997

Delisle marries Jennifer Lee Janes in Lower Sackville, N.S.

Feb. 17, 1998

Delisle files for bankruptcy. Records show he declared liabilities of $18,587 and assets of $1,000. His listed address was on Beaver Bank Road, near his old high school.

March 2001

Delisle leaves the reserves and enrols as a regular member of the Canadian Forces. According to former neighbours, around this time, the Delisles move into a co-op in Lower Sackville for low-to-moderate-income households.

October 2001

Delisle completes a junior leadership course, obtains the rank of corporal.

2004

At some point in this year, the Delisles' two young daughters are hit by a vehicle a block away from their home. One of them ends up in hospital, and for years, Delisle would pursue the offending driver for money.

November 2006

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