Canadian tourist, 71, arrested in Nepal on charges that he lured a nine-year-old boy to his hotel room and had sex with him

• Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, 71, was arrested at a hotel in Kathmandu
• He is being detained by the district court until the charges are investigated
• MacIntosh, from Nova Scotia, has 17 child sex offense convictions  
• If convicted of the horrific crime he could face up to 10 years in jail

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A Canadian tourist has been arrested in Nepal on charges that he lured a nine-year-old boy to his hotel room and had sex with him.

Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, 71, was arrested at a hotel in Lalitpur, a suburb south of the capital, Kathmandu. 

He was detained by the district court until the charges can be further investigated, Lalitpur's police chief Pushpa Ranjit said.

Ernest Fenwick MacIntosh, 71, was arrested at a hotel in Lalitpur, a suburb south of the capital, Kathmandu

It is alleged that Macintosh, who has a string of previous child sex offenses, threatened the boy.

Officials have not given any others details on the case because it involves a minor. But, if convicted, MacIntosh could face up to 10 years in jail.

MacIntosh arrived in Nepal on a tourist visa in August 2014, and was a frequent visitor to the children's shelter where the boy lived and they met there.