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OTTAWA – An Ottawa judge has sentenced former federal Conservative aide Cody Boast to a year in jail for his fourth harassment conviction in four years.
“He just doesn’t get it,” Justice Hugh Fraser said before sentencing the 24-year-old who had posted nude photographs of a former girlfriend on social media after she rejected his repeated pleas to rekindle their relationship.
The woman ended the relationship after hearing about Boast’s conviction for a previous harassment.
The court heard that Boast began harassing and threatening his latest victim and her family while awaiting sentence on a similar conviction and shortly after writing a letter of remorse to the court prior to that sentencing.
Fraser added a month to Boast’s sentence for breaching a previous court order.
According to the evidence, Boast constantly texted and emailed the young woman suggesting he would commit suicide if she didn’t continue their relationship.
When she rebuffed him, he sent her an email with nude photographs and subsequently opened two Twitter accounts under a nickname he had for the woman. He posted nude photographs of her on those accounts — repeating a method of harassment from a previous case when he posted photographs on Facebook.
Boast, a former elected member of the University of Ottawa’s student federation, has “a grandiose sense of self worth. . . . If he can’t get to the victim, he will get to their family,” said Fraser – echoing the sentiments last year of previous sentencing judge Jack Nadelle.
“In my view, it reveals (Boast) to be a person who clearly perceives himself as being above the law because of his intelligence, athletic ability, community involvement and networking ability,” said Nadelle. “He feels he can bully, put down, insult and intimidate those he feels are less accomplished or connected than he is.”
Boast previously worked on Parliament Hill for Vancouver MP Wai Young.
Fraser rejected Boast’s appeal for a sentence that would have allowed him to attend university this fall but recommended that he serve his sentence at the St. Lawrence centre for offenders suffering from mental health issues.
According to a psychiatric report by St. Lawrence forensic psychiatrist Dr. John Bradford, the boyish-looking Boast had suffered psychological and physical abuse from corrections officers while in prison and it has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Although Boast has narcissistic and passive-aggressive traits, added Bradford, he is not a psychopath and has responded well to drug and psychiatric treatment.
If he continues with his treatment, Boast is unlikely re-offending, added Bradford.
But Boast’s latest victim had been emotionally damaged by his harassment, said Justice Fraser, and was suffering long-term anxiety – especially over his posting of her photographs on social media.
After his incarceration, likely in eight months, Boast will be on probation for three years.
Among other conditions, Fraser banned him from attending the University of Ottawa and from photographing anyone “in a state of undress.”
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“He just doesn’t get it,” Justice Hugh Fraser said before sentencing the 24-year-old who had posted nude photographs of a former girlfriend on social media after she rejected his repeated pleas to rekindle their relationship.
The woman ended the relationship after hearing about Boast’s conviction for a previous harassment.
The court heard that Boast began harassing and threatening his latest victim and her family while awaiting sentence on a similar conviction and shortly after writing a letter of remorse to the court prior to that sentencing.
Fraser added a month to Boast’s sentence for breaching a previous court order.
According to the evidence, Boast constantly texted and emailed the young woman suggesting he would commit suicide if she didn’t continue their relationship.
When she rebuffed him, he sent her an email with nude photographs and subsequently opened two Twitter accounts under a nickname he had for the woman. He posted nude photographs of her on those accounts — repeating a method of harassment from a previous case when he posted photographs on Facebook.
Boast, a former elected member of the University of Ottawa’s student federation, has “a grandiose sense of self worth. . . . If he can’t get to the victim, he will get to their family,” said Fraser – echoing the sentiments last year of previous sentencing judge Jack Nadelle.
“In my view, it reveals (Boast) to be a person who clearly perceives himself as being above the law because of his intelligence, athletic ability, community involvement and networking ability,” said Nadelle. “He feels he can bully, put down, insult and intimidate those he feels are less accomplished or connected than he is.”
Boast previously worked on Parliament Hill for Vancouver MP Wai Young.
Fraser rejected Boast’s appeal for a sentence that would have allowed him to attend university this fall but recommended that he serve his sentence at the St. Lawrence centre for offenders suffering from mental health issues.
According to a psychiatric report by St. Lawrence forensic psychiatrist Dr. John Bradford, the boyish-looking Boast had suffered psychological and physical abuse from corrections officers while in prison and it has left him with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Although Boast has narcissistic and passive-aggressive traits, added Bradford, he is not a psychopath and has responded well to drug and psychiatric treatment.
If he continues with his treatment, Boast is unlikely re-offending, added Bradford.
But Boast’s latest victim had been emotionally damaged by his harassment, said Justice Fraser, and was suffering long-term anxiety – especially over his posting of her photographs on social media.
After his incarceration, likely in eight months, Boast will be on probation for three years.
Among other conditions, Fraser banned him from attending the University of Ottawa and from photographing anyone “in a state of undress.”
ccobb@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/chrisicobb
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