{"id":4973,"date":"2026-04-17T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:00:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:00:56","slug":"judge-takes-justice-system-to-task-for-failing-canadians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=4973","title":{"rendered":"JUDGE TAKES JUSTICE SYSTEM TO TASK FOR FAILING CANADIANS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Crime<\/em><\/a>Canada News<\/em><\/a>Domestic Violence<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JUDGE TAKES JUSTICE SYSTEM TO TASK FOR FAILING CANADIANS<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
\"Ontario<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"National<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chris lam\u00adbie<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 Apr 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Ontario judge has launched a remark\u00adable attack on the Cana\u00addian judi\u00adciary, arguing that the justice sys\u00adtem is \u201cat an inflex\u00adion point\u201d and must decide whether to pri\u00ador\u00adit\u00adize the needs of vul\u00adner\u00adable Cana\u00addians or crim\u00adin\u00adals who have abused them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ontario Justice Ant\u00ado\u00adnio Skarica\u2019s broad\u00adside on his fel\u00adlow judges came as he sen\u00adtenced a Nigerian uni\u00adversity stu\u00addent who extor\u00adted a Cana\u00addian woman and left her in \u201ccon\u00adstant fear\u201d by shar\u00ading her intim\u00adate image. He sen\u00adtenced Boss Omeire to 28 months in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn my opin\u00adion, the Cana\u00addian justice sys\u00adtem is at an inflex\u00adion point. Who should get pri\u00ador\u00adity: Should it be a for\u00adeign-born indi\u00advidual with no cur\u00adrent immig\u00adra\u00adtion status, who was gran\u00adted the priv\u00adilege of attend\u00ading one of our edu\u00adca\u00adtional insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, and used that oppor\u00adtun\u00adity to abuse a law-abid\u00ading, hon\u00adest, hard\u00adwork\u00ading but vul\u00adner\u00adable Cana\u00addian cit\u00adizen? Ask\u00ading that ques\u00adtion provides the obvi\u00adous answer,\u201d wrote Skarica in sen\u00adten\u00adcing Omeire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe that the accused was in large part suc\u00adcess\u00adful in ruin\u00ading the com\u00adplain\u00adant\u2019s life as he threatened and prom\u00adised while the offence was occur\u00adring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crown had sought a sen\u00adtence of two years less a day. Omeire\u2019s law\u00adyer \u201cdid not spe\u00adcify a num\u00adber, but wishes less time than the Crown requests,\u201d the judge noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire\u2019s par\u00adents urged the judge to grant him a con\u00addi\u00adtional dis\u00adcharge so he could stay in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case comes as judges grapple with the ques\u00adtion of how much, if at all, immig\u00adra\u00adtion con\u00adsequences should factor into sen\u00adten\u00adcing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The courts … often talk about the prin\u00adciples of deterrence and denun\u00adci\u00adation, and then con\u00adtra\u00addict those gran\u00addi\u00adose pro\u00adclam\u00ada\u00adtions by insti\u00adtut\u00ading rel\u00adat\u00adively light sen\u00adtences. These pro\u00adclam\u00ada\u00adtions are akin to what appears to be an ongo\u00ading cur\u00adrent Cana\u00addian cul\u00adtural trend to express shock and out\u00adrage at crim\u00adinal attacks on vul\u00adner\u00adable tar\u00adgets, fol\u00adlowed by hol\u00adlow words of con\u00addem\u00adna\u00adtion such as, \u2018This is not who we are,\u2019 fol\u00adlowed again by rel\u00adat\u00adive inac\u00adtion, thereby ignor\u00ading the dis\u00adturb\u00ading real\u00adity that this is now clearly what we have indeed become.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Judge Ant\u00ado\u00adnio Skarica, ontario Super\u00adior court of Justice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A Que\u00adbec judge recently accused the pro\u00advin\u00adcial pro\u00adsec\u00adutor of reg\u00adu\u00adlarly pro\u00adpos\u00ading abso\u00adlute dis\u00adcharges or leni\u00adent sen\u00adtences for non-Cana\u00addians con\u00advicted of crimes because it puts them at risk of deport\u00ada\u00adtion. That cre\u00adates an \u201cunne\u00adces\u00adsary\u201d two-tier sys\u00adtem, con\u00adcluded Court of Que\u00adbec Judge Ant\u00adoine Pich\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The courts \u201coften talk about the prin\u00adciples of deterrence and denun\u00adci\u00adation, and then con\u00adtra\u00addict those gran\u00addi\u00adose pro\u00adclam\u00ada\u00adtions by insti\u00adtut\u00ading rel\u00adat\u00adively light sen\u00adtences,\u201d said Skarica, who was a Pro\u00adgress\u00adive Con\u00adser\u00advat\u00adive mem\u00adber of the Legis\u00adlat\u00adive Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2000, rep\u00adres\u00adent\u00ading the Hamilton area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese pro\u00adclam\u00ada\u00adtions are akin to what appears to be an ongo\u00ading cur\u00adrent Cana\u00addian cul\u00adtural trend to express shock and out\u00adrage at crim\u00adinal attacks on vul\u00adner\u00adable tar\u00adgets, fol\u00adlowed by hol\u00adlow words of con\u00addem\u00adna\u00adtion such as, \u2018This is not who we are,\u2019 fol\u00adlowed again by rel\u00adat\u00adive inac\u00adtion, thereby ignor\u00ading the dis\u00adturb\u00ading real\u00adity that this is now clearly what we have indeed become.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire was con\u00advicted this year of extort\u00ading $50 from his former girl\u00adfriend in March 2023, trans\u00admit\u00adting an intim\u00adate image of her without her con\u00adsent, and three counts of breach\u00ading his bail con\u00addi\u00adtions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe accused and K.B., the com\u00adplain\u00adant, had been in an intim\u00adate rela\u00adtion\u00adship,\u201d Skarica said in his March 30 decision. \u201cThe accused deman\u00added $50 or he would dis\u00adtrib\u00adute sexu\u00adally expli\u00adcit videos of the com\u00adplain\u00adant hav\u00ading sex with the accused.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire had prom\u00adised the woman \u201cthat her life would be com\u00adpletely decim\u00adated by the next day,\u201d said the judge, not\u00ading she \u201cprac\u00adtic\u00adally begged the accused not to send the expli\u00adcit video.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She paid Omeire the $50, but he \u201cpos\u00adted the sexu\u00adally expli\u00adcit video any\u00adway,\u201d Skarica said. He noted the woman had a gag in her mouth in the video Omeire pos\u00adted on his private Snapchat story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire \u201ctold K.B. that eleven people had viewed the intim\u00adate image, and seven people had replied,\u201d said the decision. \u201cThe vic\u00adtim indic\u00adated, \u2018This is black\u00admail,\u2019 and the accused said it was not black\u00admail; it was tor\u00adture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire \u201cwas sub\u00adsequently arres\u00adted and released on bail but viol\u00adated the release terms by con\u00adtinu\u00ading to con\u00adtact the com\u00adplain\u00adant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge found Omeire \u201cinten\u00adtion\u00adally viol\u00adated K.B.\u2019S dig\u00adnity in a vari\u00adety of ways in trans\u00admit\u00adting or threat\u00aden\u00ading to trans\u00admit the intim\u00adate image.\u201d Omeire told her \u201cthat her life would be decim\u00adated. She would not recog\u00adnize her life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skarica con\u00adcluded that Omeire \u201cinten\u00adtion\u00adally used the intim\u00adate image to frighten and psy\u00adcho\u00adlo\u00adgic\u00adally tor\u00adment the vic\u00adtim in an attempt to strip her of her dig\u00adnity. Accord\u00adingly, the accused flag\u00adrantly, cruelly, and delib\u00ader\u00adately invaded her reas\u00adon\u00adable expect\u00ada\u00adtion of pri\u00advacy in the intim\u00adate image he dis\u00adtrib\u00aduted\u201d on March 15, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire, born in Lagos, had been an inter\u00adna\u00adtional stu\u00addent in Canada since 2014. His sis\u00adter and two broth\u00aders fol\u00adlowed him to Canada; their par\u00adents live in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire doesn\u2019t work, but he \u201cstar\u00adted his own online min\u00adistry\u201d in 2023, said the decision. His father still sup\u00adports him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He had been study\u00ading chem\u00adical engin\u00adeer\u00ading at the Uni\u00adversity of Water\u00adloo, but Omeire\u2019s stud\u00adies are \u201con hold in his third year due to the mat\u00adter before the court.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge ques\u00adtioned \u201cwhat ser\u00adi\u00adous stu\u00addent takes nine years to obtain a four-year degree?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire \u201chad a marijuana use prob\u00adlem from 2016 up until 2023,\u201d said the decision. \u201cHe stopped smoking marijuana in 2023 and has no issues with alco\u00adhol or illi\u00adcit drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire failed to leave Canada in 2023 when his stu\u00addent per\u00admit expired, said the decision. \u201cThe accused cur\u00adrently has no legal status in Canada, and has a removal order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His par\u00adents and sis\u00adters asked the judge \u201cfor a con\u00addi\u00adtional dis\u00adcharge to enable the accused to com\u00adplete his stud\u00adies,\u201d said the decision. \u201cThe par\u00adents indic\u00adate between 2016 and 2021 the accused was hos\u00adpit\u00adal\u00adized for drug-induced psy\u00adchosis and bipolar dis\u00adorder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A let\u00adter from Omeire\u2019s par\u00adents indic\u00adated that \u201cdur\u00ading his three years on bail he ded\u00adic\u00adated him\u00adself to God, walk\u00ading the streets to evan\u00adgel\u00adize and ment\u00ador\u00ading young people to avoid the traps that led to his own mis\u00adtakes. Even now in the cor\u00adrec\u00adtional facil\u00adity, he con\u00adtin\u00adues to min\u00adis\u00adter to fel\u00adlow inmates. He is a man of faith seek\u00ading redemp\u00adtion not a career crim\u00adinal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire\u2019s par\u00adents note a \u201csen\u00adtence of six months or more would strip him of his right to appeal his removal on human\u00adit\u00adarian grounds. We pas\u00adsion\u00adately plead for a con\u00addi\u00adtional dis\u00adcharge. This is the only path that allows his legal team to argue for a stay in Canada, enabling him to remain in our care to man\u00adage his psy\u00adchosis and finally com\u00adplete his degree at the Uni\u00adversity of Water\u00adloo. To deport him now would per\u00adman\u00adently erase the dec\u00adades of sac\u00adri\u00adfice and the hun\u00addreds of thou\u00adsands of dol\u00adlars we have inves\u00adted in edu\u00adca\u00adtion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cchar\u00adac\u00adter they por\u00adtray,\u201d said the judge, \u201cis totally at odds with the evid\u00adence of the accused\u2019s char\u00adac\u00adter and actions proved at this trial bey\u00adond a reas\u00adon\u00adable doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K.B. described Omeira as \u201cforce\u00adful, stern, manip\u00adu\u00adlat\u00adive, and that he thinks he is above every\u00adone else,\u201d said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman told the court that the events that unfol\u00added between her and Omeira in the spring of 2023 \u201cmade me feel com\u00adpletely power\u00adless. Being threatened and extor\u00adted made it feel like Boss was in full con\u00adtrol to do whatever he wanted to me. See\u00ading the expli\u00adcit video of me phys\u00adic\u00adally pos\u00adted to the social media plat\u00adform made my heart sink. An act that I did in private with someone who I thought I could trust, out there for any\u00adbody to see. It made me feel sick to my stom\u00adach, and I felt all my autonomy dis\u00adap\u00adpear.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She described \u201cliv\u00ading in con\u00adstant fear,\u201d for the last three years, \u201cknow\u00ading that at any time he can make a reappear\u00adance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The woman was dia\u00adgnosed with post-trau\u00admatic stress dis\u00adorder \u201cbecause of what Boss had done to me,\u201d said the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge noted Omeire took the \u201cstand and indic\u00adated that he is in fact very sorry for what he has done.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Omeire con\u00adtac\u00adted his vic\u00adtim mul\u00adtiple times after he was first arres\u00adted, \u201cthereby dis\u00adplay\u00ading a cal\u00adlous dis\u00adreg\u00adard and dis\u00adrespect for court orders and the com\u00adplain\u00adant her\u00adself,\u201d said the judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skarica noted \u201cthe unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate fact that the Cana\u00addian pub\u00adlic has the per\u00adcep\u00adtion that the Cana\u00addian justice sys\u00adtem is soft on crime, and fur\u00adther pri\u00ador\u00adit\u00adizes the rights of crim\u00adin\u00adals over the rights of vic\u00adtims. Regret\u00adtably, the his\u00adtory of these pro\u00adceed\u00adings provides ample and fur\u00adther sup\u00adport for that pub\u00adlic per\u00adcep\u00adtion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Omeire shouldn\u2019t have been at large on bail in 2023, Skarica said. \u201cHe should not have been in this coun\u00adtry at all.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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