A former Yukon RCMP officer, who resigned from the force in 1999 after being convicted of sexual assault, found himself on the wrong side of the law again this week.

On Wednesday, visiting territorial court Judge Dennis Overend found Marcell Blackwell, 39, guilty of harassment. He sentenced the ex-officer to a 60-day conditional sentence along with 10 months'probation.

A conditional sentence is a term which is served in the community rather than jail.

The judge directed a stay of proceedings on two other charges of breaching a recognizance order and failing to comply with a condition.

Between May 5 and June 10, the court file states, Blackwell harassed a woman, causing her to fear for her safety.

A publication ban has been placed on identifying the victim.

Exhibits from the case include numerous e-mails Blackwell sent the woman along with a phone message he left for her.

'Please stop f-ing me over,' he says in the phone message, continually repeating the same sentiment over the case being taken to the police.

In his e-mails, he also talks about the matter, at one point stating he's sorry he 'made you fear me.'

Among his conditions for both his conditional sentence and probation, the former police officer is to have no contact with the victim and must stay away from her residence and workplace.

He must also abstain from alcohol and drugs and can't be in a place where alcohol sales are the primary business.

Blackwell was born and raised in the Yukon, serving as an RCMP officer in the territory between 1987 and 1995. His final posting before he retired in 1999 was Edmonton.

Blackwell retired months after being convicted of the 1996 sexual assault where he had reached over and unzipped a woman's top at the Kopper King tavern in Whitehorse in 1996. He didn't know the woman.

The conviction was his third in his 12-year career with the Mounties.

The retirement came the same month he was set to face an RCMP disciplinary hearing over the sexual assault.

At the time, he had been suspended with pay from work until the hearing was to be held.

He also had other convictions, including dangerous driving in 1991 and an assault in 1996, when he was already on probation.