Man gets house arrest for hate-motivated vandalism of neighbour’s home

Ottawa·NewMathew Galipeau, who hurled eggs and anti-Asian insults at his neighbour’s home in what Ottawa police described as an act of hate-motivated vandalism, has been handed an 18-month sentence that includes house arrest.Mathew Galipeau pleaded guilty to criminal harassment in June 2024 incidentCBC News · Posted: Nov 25, 2025 4:06 PM EST | Last Updated: 25 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence.Mathew Galipeu emerges from the Ottawa Courthouse earlier this year. He was sentenced Tuesday. (Joseph Tunney/CBC News)The second of two people who hurled eggs and anti-Asian insults at their neighbour’s home in what Ottawa police described as an act of hate-motivated vandalism has been handed an 18-month sentence that includes house arrest.In June 2024, a security camera captured the two targeting the Barrhaven home of a family with South Korean roots. One video shows a man and a woman mocking Asian languages with imitative gibberish as they stand on their driveway next to the victims’ home. Another shows them throwing eggs at the house.Mathew Galipeau pleaded guilty to one count of criminal harassment in September.On Tuesday, Crown prosecutors and Galipeau’s lawyers agreed on a sentence, which was accepted by the court. He will serve four months of house arrest, followed by two months under a curfew and 12 more months of probation.Galipeau didn’t speak in court Tuesday, but his lawyer said he was “sincerely remorseful” for his actions. The court heard Galipeau is attending counselling for racial sensitivity and is committed to improving himself in the future. In delivering his sentence, Justice Hugh Fraser called Galipeau’s actions “reprehensible” and said there was “no justification” for them. Earlier this month, Galipeau’s ex-wife Jaime Quigley pleaded guilty to one count of mischief to property under $5,000 and was handed a suspended sentence.According to a victim impact statement read during both sentencing hearings, the former neighbour whose home was targeted felt “unrelenting stress” as a result, leading to severe anxiety, panic attacks, depression and trouble sleeping. With files from Joseph Tunney