The BC Supreme Court has issued a rare order forcing two condo owners who intimidated their neighbours to sell their unit by June 3 or face arrest. The long horror story of shouted obscenities and threats from the Burnaby couple, Barry Linden and Ronald Thibodeau, has been in and out of court for more than a year. In 2016, the couple were told to stop their behaviour but to no avail. The condominium board issued fines which went unpaid. In one case recounted in court a resident said Linden would lurk outside her door and eavesdrop. The court heard Linden also followed her to a restaurant, stood a short distance away and stared at her. Thibodeau appeared in court in 2016 and claimed he and Linden were “well-liked” by the residents in the building, but neither defendant offered any evidence of that. According to the judge’s decision, if the unit isn’t sold by June 3, the board will take over the sale and the RCMP will arrest Linden and Thibodeau. In the meantime, the pair were also restrained from vandalizing common property, yelling, screaming or singing past 8 p.m. and from leaving dog feces anywhere on the common property of the 95-unit building.
