MORRIS, Man. -- A Manitoba woman's curiosity about a new tenant led to the discovery he's facing trial in Nova Scotia for alleged sex crimes involving children and has been barred from having contact with kids while on bail.

Donald Kevin Huntley, who is 51, was sentenced this week in Morris, Man., to 90 days in jail for breaching conditions of his release orders.

He admitted he spoke with two boys on June 21 and 22 while prohibited from doing so, and for failing to notify police in Nova Scotia he had changed his address.

Court was told the Halifax-born man is facing two trials there for alleged sex crimes involving boys.

The Crown told court Huntley is also wanted in Abbotsford, B.C., for another alleged bail breach after he allegedly befriended a 14-year-old boy while there last October.

Huntley, who has no prior convictions, denies any wrongdoing.

"I just want to prove myself innocent, whatever it takes," he said.

Crown prosecutor Kyle Parker said Huntley was arrested just weeks after arriving in Morris, where he rented a house with cash.

The landlord became concerned after seeing Huntley sitting outside and "staring" at two boys aged 11 and 13 playing across the street.

After he called the older boy over and they talked, she went over and told the child to go home.

She then searched Huntley's name on the Internet, calling police after a seeing a man facing sex charges in Nova Scotia had a similar name.

The Crown read out sections of interviews police conducted with the boys. There was nothing overtly sexual in the exchanges the kids described.

Police found out Huntley had contact with the 11-year-old boy the day before while trying to help him fix a dirt bike, but stopped assisting when the boy's father turned up, said Parker.

Huntley is a skilled welder who had secured work in Rosenort, defence lawyer Eric Wach said.

There was nothing untoward about his comments to the children, Wach said, but clearly he shouldn't have talked to them while on bail for the "very serious" charges back home.

"There were explicit conditions and he was contacting children on a repeated basis and that's certainly a concern," Wach said.

As of Thursday, Huntley has 22 days left to serve in Manitoba.