Article contentAdams, who was the prosecution’s star witness, testified she and Ogden fled to Ontario in Miller’s vehicle, with Ogden disposing of evidence along the way.Article contentA few days later, Ogden allegedly received money from Weagle for shooting Johnson, who the Crown said had nothing to do with the home invasion.Article contentAdams signed a witness maintenance agreement with police and has received more than $200,000 and other perks.Article contentMiller, 44, was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury in 2023.Article content Myra Johnson talks to Crown attorney Sean McCarroll on Monday after Shondell James Ogden’s sentencing for first-degree murder in the January 2020 shooting of her son Anthony Johnson. The conviction carried an automatic sentence of life in prison with no parole eligibility for 25 years. Photo by Steve BruceArticle contentIn her impact statement Monday, Myra Johnson said losing an adult child is a sorrow few people can fully understand.Article content“The world often forgets that no matter how old our children get, they are still our babies,” she said. “We carry every version of them inside us – the toddler with sticky fingers, the teenager with big dreams, the adult still figuring life out. And when they are gone, it’s all those versions we mourn.Article contentArticle content“You lose not just their physical presence, but their voice on the other end of the phone, the text that said ‘I made it home,’ the plans that would have unfolded over years. You lose their future, and a piece of yours.Article content“That’s what you took from his family and his daughter,” she said to Ogden. “You deserve life in prison … for killing my son with no remorse – someone that you did not even know.”Article contentTracy Briand, who had a daughter with Johnson, said she doesn’t know how this could have happened to someone who never deserved it.Article content“I don’t know what gave you the right to take Anthony’s life from him, when it was not his time to go,” she said. “You took my child’s father away forever, which will forever have a negative impact on her life.Article content“I hate you for what you have done.”Article contentKeona Briand Johnson, 13, told the court her father was also her best friend.Article content“You are a horrible person,” the teen said to Ogden. “You ruined my life and I will never be the same again. I’m never going to feel the love of my father again because of you.Article contentArticle content“I hate you and I hope that you never see the outside of that cell ever again.”Article contentCrown attorney Sean McCarroll, who prosecuted the case with Tanya Carter, said that even though Ogden was facing an automatic sentence of life in prison, it was important for the court to understand his “significant history of weapons and violent offences.”Article contentOgden has convictions for robbery, kidnapping, theft, uttering threats, discharging a firearm and other weapons-related offences.Article content“Mr. Ogden comes before the court with an unenviable record,” McCarroll said. “He is an individual who has shown a propensity to not just carry weapons, but to use them, and to have firearms and to use them.”Article contentBoudreau said it’s clear that Ogden has chosen to lead a life of violence.Article content“You’ve now taken a life,” she said. “You’ve heard the victim impact statements this afternoon, and I’m sure you heard the pain in the voices of the people that spoke.
Shondell Ogden shows no remorse at sentencing for 2020 Halifax murder
