Brother of group home victim has ‘given up’ on justice system after sentencing
Rick Boguski said he has “given up” on the Canadian justice system after a judge handed down a sentence to former Shepherd’s Villa group home worker Brent Gabona on Wednesday.
According to Crown prosecutor Lana Morelli, Judge Bruce Bauer sentenced Gabona to 6.5 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to five sex-related crimes involving several residents at the group home in Hepburn between 1992 and 2009.
“We’re upset. We’re angry,” Boguski said in an interview on Friday, adding that the sentence “really speaks to our broken justice system.”
Morelli, who was seeking a sentence of 15 years, said no prison term will undo the damage Gabona’s crimes left behind.