After spending 10 days in Ontario jail, the two U.K. men were ordered to ‘go home’ by the judge. ‘Don’t let the door of the plane hit you on your backsides as you board’
Two U.K. men who decided to turn their Canada holiday into a crime spree have had their trip cut short, and will not be allowed to “vacation” here again.
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“Go home,” Justice Paul Kowalyshyn told them Thursday in a Sarnia courtroom. “Don’t let the door of the plane hit you on your backsides as you board.”
“On December 9th, 2024, two males attended an address on Franklin Avenue in the City of Sarnia,” police said. “The two males posed as contractors and offered to clean the eavestroughs for the homeowner. A short time later the males indicated to the homeowner that they had completed the work, and tried to convince the homeowner that her eavestroughs needed repairing and they would do it for an additional fee. The homeowner then realized that the individuals had not done any work and phoned the police.”
Sarnia police said they arrested the men a short distance away. “The investigation led police to discover that the individuals had committed similar offences in another jurisdiction,” they said, adding: “At this point, the Sarnia Police Service has not been able to successfully identify the individuals who produced identification from another country.”
Wall and Myers have since been convicted of attempted fraud and theft, and were escorted out of the Sarnia courthouse in handcuffs by Canada Border Services Agency officers to be deported, per the Reformer. Their sentence was time served, deportation, and a ban on returning to Canada.
Both men apologized, saying they were traumatized by the experience and looking forward to being deported.
“I won’t be going on any more planes ever again,” Myers said.
“I’ll never go on holiday again. I’ll never leave the U.K. as long as I live,” Wall said.
“If you’re happy to be deported I can assure you that that feeling is felt by the citizens of Sarnia,” Kowalyshyn replied.
The Service also provided information to Australian authorities, it said, “which prompted a new investigation resulting in the capture of eight Chilean Nationals committing the same crimes in Australia.”
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