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Publication Date: April 2, 2026 - 12:27
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Family speaks at sentencing for man convicted in drive-by shooting of Montreal teen
April 2, 2026
Tears filled a Montreal courtroom as family members of a 15-year-old girl killed in a 2021 shooting spoke at her killer’s sentencing.
A Quebec judge says Canada cannot have a separate judicial system for immigrants who come into conflict with the law amid a national debate over the role immigration status plays in sentencing.
Provincial court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos made the observation in the case of a married immigrant in Montreal who harassed his former girlfriend for six months. The man wanted her as a second wife, which he considered acceptable under Sharia Law.
“Immigration consequences cannot take a sentence out of the appropriate range or justify what would otherwise be an unfit sentence,” said...
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