Posted: Apr 06, 2021 11:43 AM AT | Last Updated: April 6
Sem Paul Obed has faced a dangerous offender hearing in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.(Halifax Regional Police)
Sem Paul Obed has opted to call no evidence in his own defence, bringing his dangerous offender hearing in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax to an abrupt and early end.
This week had been set aside to hear defence evidence. But Obed s lawyer, Brad Sarson, informed the court Tuesday morning that wouldn t be happening. The Crown and defence will now submit written briefs before returning to court in May to make final arguments.
Obed
admitted to committing a violent sexual assault against a woman in Halifax in June 2018.
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.