Posted: Feb 19, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 19
Sem Paul Obed is shown in a photo provided by Halifax Regional Police in 2014.(Halifax Regional Police)
A corrections officer who worked with Sem Paul Obed in the 1990s testified at his dangerous offender hearing Thursday in Halifax about the obstacles Indigenous inmates faced, including racism, poverty and substance abuse.
The dangerous offender hearing stems from a violent June 2018 sexual assault Obed admitted to committing. The Crown is looking to have Obed, who is originally from Hopedale in eastern Labrador, locked up indefinitely. His lawyer, Brad Sarson, has questioned whether less restrictive sentences might be available.
Posted: Feb 16, 2021 5:01 PM AT | Last Updated: February 16
Sem Paul Obed is shown at a 2018 court appearance in Halifax.(CBC)
A Nova Scotia Supreme Court hearing opened Tuesday in Halifax for a man who pleaded guilty to a violent sexual assault in June 2018.
The Crown is seeking to have Sem Paul Obed declared a dangerous offender and locked up indefinitely.
According to information provided at the hearing where Obed entered his plea, the victim was sleeping when he appeared in her bedroom. He was dressed only in a ball cap and basketball shoes.
The woman attempted to fight him off but he overpowered her.