An Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer guards a farmhouse near Kipling Saskatchewan, where convicted pedophile Peter Whitmore held two boys captive, August 2, 2006. Canadian media said on Wednesday that Whitmore, 35, gave himself up late on Tuesday after the nine-hour standoff in the Prairie province of Saskatchewan. The two boys, 10-year-old and a 14-year-old, were both safe. REUTERS/Geoff Howe (CANADA)