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Creepy Ontario for you. How many lies have they told American authorities over the years? Don't be fooled America, theze.people.despise you A Toronto cop and a public servant were found guilty of stealing dead man’s $834,000 estate. The real beneficiary hasn’t seen a dime two years later.
Two years after a Toronto police officer and his ex-public sector girlfriend were found guilty of falsifying a will, the rightful beneficiary still hasn’t seen a dime of the $834,000 inheritance he’s due — and will now have to wait for the outcome of the pair’s appeal of their sentences.
After a four-week trial in June 2023, a jury found Robert Konashewych and Adellene Balgobin guilty of defrauding the estate of a man with whom he had no relationship, and whose financial affairs she was entrusted to manage in her capacity as an official with Ontario’s Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT). Balgobin was also convicted of breach of trust.
The two were sentenced to seven years each in prison.
But in documents filed with the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Konashewych’s lawyers are asking that the proceedings be stayed, or a new trial ordered, citing numerous judicial errors. They include not staying the charges after finding police breached Konashewych’s Charter rights, admitting highly prejudicial evidence and delivering an “unbalanced” jury charge.
Konashewych is also asking that his sentence be reduced because it is “outside the range” of what is appropriate.
Balgobin, in written arguments filed for her appeal, is asking the province’s highest court to order a new trial, saying the trial judge’s jury charge “lacked fairness and balance and that it compromised Balgobin’s right to a fair trial.”
At trial, Balgobin testified she never shared any confidential information from OPGT with Konashewych, nor did she conspire with him to defraud the estate. She received no portion of the estate transferred to Konashewych in 2018. (Konashewych did not take the stand.)
Two years after a Toronto police officer and his ex-public sector girlfriend were found guilty of falsifying a will, the rightful beneficiary still hasn’t seen a dime of the $834,000 inheritance he’s due — and will now have to wait for the outcome of the pair’s appeal of their sentences.
After a four-week trial in June 2023, a jury found Robert Konashewych and Adellene Balgobin guilty of defrauding the estate of a man with whom he had no relationship, and whose financial affairs she was entrusted to manage in her capacity as an official with Ontario’s Public Guardian and Trustee (OPGT). Balgobin was also convicted of breach of trust.
The two were sentenced to seven years each in prison.
But in documents filed with the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Konashewych’s lawyers are asking that the proceedings be stayed, or a new trial ordered, citing numerous judicial errors. They include not staying the charges after finding police breached Konashewych’s Charter rights, admitting highly prejudicial evidence and delivering an “unbalanced” jury charge.
Konashewych is also asking that his sentence be reduced because it is “outside the range” of what is appropriate.
Balgobin, in written arguments filed for her appeal, is asking the province’s highest court to order a new trial, saying the trial judge’s jury charge “lacked fairness and balance and that it compromised Balgobin’s right to a fair trial.”
At trial, Balgobin testified she never shared any confidential information from OPGT with Konashewych, nor did she conspire with him to defraud the estate. She received no portion of the estate transferred to Konashewych in 2018. (Konashewych did not take the stand.)
