Montreal Gazette
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📍 QC
Aug 7, 2026
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Montreal man who once had sexual assault case dismissed is sentenced to house arrest on Friday
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MONTREAL NEWS
Montreal man who once had sexual assault case dismissed is sentenced to house arrest on Friday
Judge notes Rui Pedro Ribeiro, 39, has no criminal record and since apologized to the victim.
A file photo of the scales of justice and a gavel. (Montreal Gazette file photo)
By
Paul Cherry
August 7, 2026 at 3:49 p.m.
A man who saw a sexual assault charge he faced be tossed out more than five years ago because a Quebec Court judge believed Montreal police violated his rights, was sentenced in the same case Friday to house arrest.
In a decision delivered at the Montreal courthouse, J…
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