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Posted: Dec 22, 2020 9:00 PM AT | Last Updated: December 23, 2020 Joseph Power was sentenced Tuesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court.(Facebook) A Nova Scotia man who fled for five years to avoid paying some $500,000 in child support was handed a 4½-year sentence Tuesday for contempt of court and must pay his ex-wife what she's owed. In rendering the sentence, Justice Elizabeth Jollimore of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court said Joseph Patrick Power has not accepted any responsibility and blames his situation on his former spouse. "I don't need to use adjectives like 'shameful,' 'eg...

Power was wanted on multiple warrants for contempt of court, both for failing to attend court and failing to pay child support payments dating back to 2014. He was arrested last month in Montreal and returned to Nova Scotia to face sentencing. Power remains in custody at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility in Burnside. To win his release, Power must "purge" his contempt of court by paying what he owes.  Power's current wife, Tara Power, testified the family is living off her credit cards, and for a while lived without furniture in their Montreal apartment.  She told the court he...