Intimidating justice system 'needs to be taken seriously,' says judge

Man engaged in conduct with the intention to create fear and impede local prosecutor faces further 1,082 days behind bars

Brook Makara already was looking at time in a federal penitentiary when he appeared in a Sault Ste. Marie courtroom Thursday to be sentenced for firearms offences.

With the enhanced credit he received for his pre-sentence custody, Makara faces a further 1,082 days -- just under three years -- behind bars. The accused was sitting at the counsel table, next to the prosecutor, Terry Waltenbury, a Sudbury assistant Crown attorney, told the court. "It was just frustration from the situation," he explained to Condon, adding "there's no excuse for talk like that in court."

"He demonstrated there were some challenges to the Crown's evidence, and deserves credit for that," the judge said, describing him as prolific in writing, articulate in speech and analytical.

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