Saskatoon man faces 9-month sentence for leaving hate comments on obituary

A Saskatoon man accused of leaving dislike comments connected a woman’s obituary past twelvemonth was sentenced astatine nan opening of July.

Robert Gordon was fixed a nine-month conditional condemnation connected July 3 aft leaving dislike reside and racially motivated comments connected Megan Gallagher’s obituary.

Gallagher’s assemblage was recovered successful September 2022 connected nan South Saskatchewan River aft a two-year search. Nine group person been charged successful her murder.

Trending Now

In Dec. 2022, Gallagher’s father, Brian Gallagher, said they received an anonymous extremity that a personification was attempting to dispersed racist comments.

Saskatoon constabulary said nan caller dislike comments were ne'er posted publically arsenic nan website monitors remark submissions earlier publishing.

Gordon was arrested successful February 2023. Gallagher’s family said neither she nor her family knew Gordon.