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Jamie Sarkonak: How a Jamaican man remained in Canada years after robbing sex workers

At least one judge gave him a lenient sentence to help reduce odds of deportation

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In 2019, Jamaican national Dwayne Marlon Douglas committed a number of vile acts. He held a gun to the head of a sex worker as three of his male companions took turns having sex with her; then, he had his way too.

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Days after that, he pistol-whipped a man with an imitation handgun, stole his phone and other valuables, and threatened to kill him if he reported the robbery to police. He also robbed a female erotic masseuse in a stairwell around the same time, stealing $4,300 worth of items; after she reported the crime, he told her she was in “trouble.” He also distributed nude photographs of his girlfriend for money without her consent.

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He was convicted of all of these crimes in 2021 and 2022, but because criminal courts go easy on non-citizens, and because the immigration system offers what feels like endless........

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