A Sûreté du Québec (SQ) sergeant who manages travel agencies will finally go to jail when he is allegedly disabled. After a decade of legal proceedings, the Supreme Court rejected Nicholas Landry's appeal, upholding his six-month prison sentence for fraud.
The 48-year-old sergeant will be automatically dismissed, Police Act. “We have taken note of the decision. The Professional Standards Department will follow up,” he said Pres Benoit Richard, spokesperson for SQ.
The Supreme Court of Canada issued its ruling on Wednesday following oral arguments from the parties. The reasons will be made public later. Five judges dismissed the appeal, while Justice Suzanne Cote dissented. This would have converted the verdict of fraud into a verdict of attempted fraud.
Nicholas Landry gets his career off to a flying start. Since 2005, he has been an investigator in the Major Crimes Unit at the SQ. But in 2009, she was on sick leave due to anxiety disorders. His health deteriorated over the years. Later, in 2014, the doctor declared him permanently disabled. This diagnosis allows him to receive full salary until he retires in 2026.
However, the SQ found that Nicholas Landry wasn't really that sick. He works full-time with his wife in travel agencies. He is even considered bossy by some employees. However, the police officer has been on sick leave for several years. Under observation, Nicholas Landry is particularly active on a daily basis. He has visited foreign countries many times.
Essentially, Nicholas Landry lied to the SQ and failed to disclose to the doctor information about his work within travel agencies.
At the end of his trial in 2018, the judge found him guilty of fraud. Later, in 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the verdict. However, a judge refused, opening the door to an appeal to the Supreme Court.
Special Fact: Nicolas Landry went easy in Mexico when an appeals court forced him to surrender to prison authorities in September 2022. So it was from Mexico that the swindler signed a declaration of emancipation.
Nicolas Landry finally returned to the country and had to surrender his passport to regain his freedom in November 2022. That didn't stop him from asking the Court of Appeals to move to Playa Del Carmen for three months. A request was rejected.
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