A Windsor man found guilty of assault and extortion used the threat of deportation to pressure his wife into performing s#xual acts, a judge ruled Friday.
The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his wife, abused his position of power during his nine-week marriage, Superior Court Justice Paul Howard said before delivering his judgment in a Windsor courtroom.
On numerous occasions, the man made calls to cancel his sponsorship application for his wife’s immigration to Canada, only to reinstate the application once she did what he told her to, Howard said during his summary of the six-day September trial.
A failed refugee claimant from Nigeria, the woman sought asylum in Canada in 2013 in an attempt to protect her daughter from a female genital mutilation ceremony that required the mother to be present, court heard.
In 2015, while living in Brampton, she met the man through the online dating site Plenty of Fish. Less than a week after their first face-to-face encounter, she moved into his Windsor home, and married him within the month.
Both she and the man were looking to settle down and start a family. Only after they were married did the man begin extorting his wife for s#x, the judge said.
“The threats were specifically directed to induce the complainant to perform oral s#x on him, or have intercourse with him, when she otherwise did not want or consent to do so,” Howard said.
The judge said he believed the man committed acts of s#xual assault and extortion on multiple occasions, but ruled there was only enough evidence to convict him of one count of each.
The man was found not guilty of five other charges — two of s#xual assault, two of extortion, and one of assault, all relating to his relationship with his wife.
The matter was put over to assignment court Feb. 8 for a future sentencing date
On numerous occasions, the man made calls to cancel his sponsorship application for his wife’s immigration to Canada, only to reinstate the application once she did what he told her to, Howard said during his summary of the six-day September trial.
A failed refugee claimant from Nigeria, the woman sought asylum in Canada in 2013 in an attempt to protect her daughter from a female genital mutilation ceremony that required the mother to be present, court heard.
In 2015, while living in Brampton, she met the man through the online dating site Plenty of Fish. Less than a week after their first face-to-face encounter, she moved into his Windsor home, and married him within the month.
Both she and the man were looking to settle down and start a family. Only after they were married did the man begin extorting his wife for s#x, the judge said.
“The threats were specifically directed to induce the complainant to perform oral s#x on him, or have intercourse with him, when she otherwise did not want or consent to do so,” Howard said.
The judge said he believed the man committed acts of s#xual assault and extortion on multiple occasions, but ruled there was only enough evidence to convict him of one count of each.
The man was found not guilty of five other charges — two of s#xual assault, two of extortion, and one of assault, all relating to his relationship with his wife.
The matter was put over to assignment court Feb. 8 for a future sentencing date
from windsorstar.com
*whatever happened to NO IS NO even if it is a contract Marriage?Mscheeew!!!
This is sickening.. Many insane men thinking they are alright..
ReplyDeleteThe female genital mutilation claim is bull shit. All naa format to seek asylum in Europe and America. And i’m sure that she is a Benin/Edo woman. When you married him for papers, you didn’t know part of the deal entails sucking his smelly unwashed and uncircumcised penis?? Women sha!!!
Deleteyou must be a stupid goat...do you know her story? so people who are threatened to go through circumcision should just let it slide abi? is arranged marriage a new thing? and does he have a right to abuse her? your type are the idiots who make people die in silence and dont claim their rights. in your stupidity you think marrying for papers means you should eat shit abi? bloody stupid goat. chauvinistic pig...mumu
DeleteHe took advantage of her, seems it's a contract marriage that turned sour.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the woman, she will automatically get her settlement permit. He who laugh last, laugh best. I know a lady in the UK with almost same issue, they gave her a house and automatically gave her permanent residency (she just came into the country with spouse visa not less than 3months and the husband started punching her).She has her British passport and married again with twins.
ReplyDeleteI just like the way canada gives women support...in my country they will call it husband and wife matter.
ReplyDeleteNa marital slavery be this one.
ReplyDeleteSee the lies Naija girls dey tell for Obodo Oyinbo eh?
Say them wan chop of her daughter tohtoh?
all to stay for abroad?
..lol the same thing that occurred to me. who forces people to do genital mutilation in this Nigeria? then she had money to run abroad, but couldn't rent a house in Lagos to live?
Deleteyou are utterly stupid if you dont know people are forced or coerced in the name of tradition...i hate myopic idiots like you who conclude on a matter cos of their ignorance. i know people who were lured home by their mothers to be circumcised....one lady still doesn't talk to her mum cos she took her daughter home and circumcised her. so if she wants to relocate abroad and leave family drama behind nko? my cousin sought asylum in Canada with her 4 kids cos she wanted to be away from her abusive husband. so u will hear her story and ask why not relocate to lagos abi? pls don't judge a story u have no facts about
DeleteThe man is sick
ReplyDeleteThat's serves him right
ReplyDeleteSo why should the lady get married when she doesn't want to do the sex?
ReplyDeleteSick men everywhere
ReplyDeleteIf she sought asylum, why didn’t she chill to be given permanent residence in a few years.
ReplyDeletePeople won’t listen, the name ‘plenty of fish (pof) is demeaning enough, why put yourself in this kinda situation?
Sad. Crazy white man that can switch his sick cravings to the child
Might not be a white man, might be a Nigerian man who’s a citizen. They hid his identity so we can’t guess. Either way it shows we have a global issue with men always seeking to abuse women
DeleteHe is most definitely white, if he wasn’t, they would have addressed him as a Canadian of Nigerian origin.
DeleteAnon 18:24 Please type what you know. Canada does not refer to the person's origin or race. It's UK that is known for that if the news is negative and only highlight UK citizen when it's positive news.
DeleteI'm happy this one has been caught!
ReplyDeleteA lot of black women are passing through the same hell hole as the Nigerian lady up there.
There is a website where black women (mostly African) married to Caucasian men shares their life ordeal with their inhumane partners.
Some stories, I found hard to even come in terms with because, they are just too hard/severe to believe.
She needed paper desperately and fell in to the wrong hands
ReplyDeleteGbam!!! Na you understand the matter...
DeleteI pity that woman's a** and mouth
ReplyDeleteI thought it's the man's right to have it any time he decides. Please take me to Canada, biko
ReplyDeleteMost marital contracts come with sexual and financial exploitation. If you can't deal, oh well. Be ready to sleep with disgusting males for years. They know what you want and won't give it easy bc once u get the paper, it is over.
ReplyDeleteTruth is men and women go through this when its a contract marraige. When its the woman doing the papers she acts even worse. Sad to see that men always get dragged but women dont.
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