Liquor-store attacker pitches fit on phone
Liban Ali Ahmed-Shardi, 31, of no fixed address, told court he couldn't attend sentencing due to inclement weather and illness, but he became enraged when judge admonished him
A Montreal man who failed to attend Fredericton court Tuesday to be sentenced for a random violent attack last year initially said weather and illness kept him away, but then he ranted and demanded a trial.
Liban Ali Ahmed-Shardi, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty late last year to counts of assault with a weapon on two victims, property damage and probation violation.
The charges stemmed from an instance of random violence during which Ahmed-Shardi used a glass pipe to slash two NB Liquor employees at the liquor store at the York Street Train Station the evening of June 7.
When Judge Lyne Raymond called the case Tuesday afternoon, prosecutor Rodney Jordan and defence counsel Bronwyn Mooney were on hand, but the defendant wasn’t present.