Manitoulin drug dealer deemed dangerous offender in child sexual abuse case
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A drug dealer from Manitoulin Island has been declared a dangerous offender after being convicted of more sex crimes against children.
A drug dealer from Manitoulin Island has been declared a dangerous offender after being convicted of more sex crimes against children.
Last week, Justice Alexander Kurke agreed with a joint submission by the Crown and defence that 29-year-old Russell Timothy Dean Manitowabi-Nebenionquit of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory be designated a dangerous offender.
Manitowabi-Nebenionquit has been consistently targeting young female Indigenous girls between the ages of 11 and 16 for sexual purposes since he was at least age 17, Kurke wrote in his decision.
He has a history of deliberately seeking out vulnerable victims to prey on, offering teen girls alcohol or drugs in return for sexual services and has shown failure to control his sexual impulses, Kurke said.
In the most recent case, he was convicted of eight out of 16 charges involving six different teens, including various sex offences, internet luring, communicating for the purposes of procuring sexual services from underage persons and making threats.
Some of his charges related to sexually touching a 13-year-old were dismissed due to lack of evidence after part of her police statement was used rather than testifying.
He was, however, found guilty of sexually assaulting and luring her over the internet.
