After making justice officials sweat for more than a decade, one of Quebec’s worst psychopaths has just failed to have his conviction overturned so much so that he will have to come to terms with the idea that he could spend the rest from his days in detention.
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“He is someone who adopted a belligerent posture towards everyone involved in his trial, he systematically obstructed the procedures, he was uncontrollable and insulting,” the Court of Justice could not help but comment. appeal, in a decision made public this Monday against Eric Shimon Chemama.
This is because Chemama, a 42-year-old Montrealer, has never digested his conviction for raping escorts he brought to his home. Arrested in 2010, he then began his escapades, in order to delay the proceedings against him as much as possible.
Continuous escapades
So, in addition to firing all the lawyers he hired, he began to obstruct, for example by mutilating himself during court hearings. When that didn’t work, he would shout to be a nuisance, or start banging on the bay windows around him.
And when he wasn’t acting up in the courtroom, it was in prison that he got disorganized, for example by defecating on himself and accusing the guards. He also attacked his fellow prisoners, attempting to poison them with bleach in a coffee machine.
And at the same time, he increased the number of frivolous requests, to the point of having been the very first accused in Canadian history to be declared a vexatious criminal litigant, in order to prevent him from continuing.
“He used every possible opportunity to discredit the court and the judicial process,” reads the decision of the Court of Appeal.
Guaranteed repeat offense
Found guilty by a jury, Chemama underwent a psychiatric evaluation, revealing that he was one of the worst psychopaths living in Quebec, with a test result of 99.5% on the subject. Another test indicated that the risk of sexual recidivism was 100%, as was the risk of committing violent acts.
These results had pushed a judge to give him the unenviable label of “dangerous offender” with an “indeterminate” sentence, which means that he will remain incarcerated until he is no longer dangerous. In many cases, this amounts to life in prison.
The situation did not please Chemama, who appealed the case. He had been heard for several days last year, but this Monday, he failed across the board.
“The court rejects his appeals,” we can read in the decision signed by judges Martin Vauclair, Robert M. Mainville and Marie-Josée Hogue.
Note that Chemama could try to bring its case before the Supreme Court of Canada. However, at this level, judges can refuse to hear a case without having to justify themselves.