NB Liquor attacker no-show for sentencing
Liban Ali Ahmed-Shardi, 31, of no fixed address, told court two weeks ago he couldn’t make it to Fredericton for proceeding, and he wasn’t present Thursday for rescheduled hearing
A violent offender who was released from custody last year to attend rehab in Montreal for mental-health and addiction issues didn’t appear in Fredericton court as required for sentencing Thursday.
Liban Ali Ahmed-Shardi, 31, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty last year to charges of assault with a weapon on two victims, mischief causing damage to property and breach of probation, stemming from a bizarre incident at the NB Liquor store on York Street on June 7.
Ahmed-Shardi was scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 25, but he wasn’t present in court. However, he had contacted the court office ahead of time and appeared by telephone, explaining he couldn’t get from Montreal to Fredericton due to weather and illness.
Judge Lyne Raymond, while expressing doubt about his claims, rescheduled his sentencing hearing for March 13 and told him he’d better make his way to Fredericton for that proceeding.
When she called the case Thursday afternoon, though, Ahmed-Shardi wasn’t present.