A Canadian aid worker has been sentenced to nine years in prison in Nepal for sexually abusing two boys who were found at his home. The judge issued the sentence on Monday against former United Nations official Peter Dalglish, who was arrested last year and convicted last month of sexually abusing children. He was issued separate sentences of nine years and seven years but they will overlap, so he will be in jail for nine years in total, Kavre District Court official Thakur Chandra Trital said on Tuesday. The judge also ordered Dalglish to pay 500,000 rupees (US$4,500) as compensation to each of the boys, who were then 12 and 14 years old. Singapore-based paedophile kept images of boys in file called ‘jailbait’ Dalglish, who previously received the Order of Canada for his work, was arrested from his mountain villa in April 2018. He had denied the charges. “We continue to be dismayed by the trial judge’s refusal to consider the overwhelming evidence of Peter’s innocence and the inconsistencies in the prosecution’s case,” his lawyer, Nader Hasan, told Canadian media. “Peter’s family stand by him unflinchingly and will continue to support him. “We turn our attention to the appeal process in Nepal’s appellate courts. We remain confident that Peter will be exonerated.” His lawyers have accused investigators of coercing the boys to testify, and claim their evidence varied at different times. Nepalese courts do not produce transcripts so testimony is difficult to verify. We continue to be dismayed by the trial judge’s refusal to consider the overwhelming evidence of Peter’s innocence Nader Hasan, lawyer Dalglish helped found the charity Street Kids International and has worked for decades for a number of humanitarian agencies, including UN Habitat in Afghanistan and the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response in Liberia. He has focused much of the time on working children and street children. Investigating officials said Dalglish lured children from poor families with promises of education, jobs and trips, and then sexually abused them. Investigators followed Dalglish for weeks after they received information about alleged abuses. Connect with us on Twitter and Facebook