judgment day adjourned in 'troubling' windsor criminal harassment case
a london man must wait another month to hear what punis...
sep 4 2024
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in this july 25, 2024, file photo, bubba pollock (in suit) is shown leaving the ontario court of justice in windsor, accompanied by his wife and supporters who attempted to shield him from reporters' cameras with sweaters and coats following sentencing submissions from the crown and defence on july 25, 2024.
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a london man must wait another month to hear what punishment he has in store after the sentencing judge called in sick on wednesday.
bubba pollock could face up to six months behind bars if the judge sides with the prosecution’s position that his conviction on criminal harassment demands a period of incarceration.
pollock’s trip to windsor and visit to the hospital room of a dying man he did not know was “troubling on so many levels,” assistant crown attorney jennifer holmes said during an earlier sentencing hearing.
pollock, 35, pleaded guilty in january to criminal harassment for dropping off flowers and taking a selfie photo in the palliative care room of the complete stranger. the bedridden hotel-dieu grace healthcare patient’s family found out about the strange june 2023 visit after pollock posted a photo to his social media profile.
“he had so many opportunities to realize what a horrific thing he was about to do,” holmes told the sentencing hearing in july. “but on he marches, right into the room, and put the flowers down next to a palliative, unresponsive man and takes a photograph.”
the intended target was the man’s daughter, britt leroux, who only knew of pollock from several heated social media exchanges in the previous days over area pride events.
bubba pollock of london in a selfie pic in a palliative care room at hotel-dieu grace healthcare in windsor. the photo of britt leroux’s father was originally posted by pollock in a facebook comment chain visible to leroux, and then further circulated by a sarnia lgbtq+ activist as a warning about pollock. leroux’s father’s face has been obscured in the circulated pic for privacy reasons.
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in an emotional victim impact statement read in ontario court of justice during the sentencing hearing, leroux said the incident has “changed the course of my life forever.”
pollock would post his opposition online to pride events, including drag queen storybook gatherings, and leroux would respond as a vocal supporter of the pride community.
holmes was also asking for a three-year period of probation to follow any incarceration. defence lawyer ron ellis had argued for a three-year suspended sentence for his client.
pollock’s sentencing before justice mark hornblower is now set for oct. 4 in windsor.
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