Disgraced former lawyer James Bowie sentenced four years

Disgraced former lawyer James Bowie sat expressionless in the prisoner’s box Tuesday as a judge imposed a four-year penitentiary sentence for extortion, criminal harassment and uttering threats related to a former client.

Bowie, 43, was found guilty in March of criminal harassment and extorting a friend by pressuring her to obtain a gun to “take care” of his former client, Leanne Aubin.

Ontario Court Justice Paul Cooper found Bowie not guilty of one additional count of extortion related to Aubin, but found him guilty of uttering threats to kill her.

Cooper characterized Bowie as a once-prominent Ottawa defence lawyer who had elevated his public profile by providing live updates on social media to the numerous criminal cases rel

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