Man charged in Bridal Falls murder loses temper in provincial court while appearing via video
Omer Ibrahim, 44, was scheduled to plead guilty to an arson in Chilliwack, uttering threats and theft in Vancouver, both from last November, as well as a Chilliwack assault from April 2025
The man charged with the second-degree murder of a 42-year-old man found in an RV near Bridal Falls during a wellness check in May 2025 had an unhinged outburst in courtroom 204 Tuesday (Oct. 7, 2025) afternoon.
Luckily for Omer Yussuf Ibrahim, he was in a tiny room at the Surrey Pretrial Centre appearing via video link without a B.C. Sheriff Service deputy on hand to put him in his place.
The 44-year-old appeared briefly via video on the murder charge on Monday with his lawyer. He was back in court on Tuesday again appearing via video scheduled to plead guilty on three different files:
• uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and theft from Nov. 18, 2024 in Vancouver;
• arson damaging property from Nov. 23, 2024 in Chilliwack; and
• assault on April 17, 2025 in Chilliwack.
He’s also facing a breach of release on the assault charge from July 1, 2025, and a breach of his release on the Vancouver file connected to the alleged homicide.
Ibrahim became frustrated or enraged early on in the proceedings, yelling cryptic things about the less serious criminal matters in the months leading up to the alleged murder.
“This has been going on too long!” Ibrahim yelled on camera as he stood up, gesticulating wildly. “I want to plead to this. I want to finish this. I’m frustrated with this. If there is an offer I want to plea. I want to move on.”
He then started to walk away towards the door of the small room, still yelling, as if wanting to leave the video room, presumably at Surrey Pretrial Centre where most accused are remanded in the Lower Mainland before trials.
Ibrahim’s lawyer, Jayse Reveley, also appeared via video as did Crown counsel, videos shown in courtroom 204 in front of Judge Jodie Harris. Crown explained that Ibrahim was on bail for the indictable offence of arson damaging property when the alleged homicide took place. There was a practical matter discussed between the lawyers and the judge regarding bail status and whether he could plead to the three different files and if the Vancouver file will be returned to that jurisdiction.
When Crown suggested that unless she saw a pre-sentence report (PSR) showing “significant” psychological issues, arson is a serious crime for which she would be seeking two to four years in jail. Reveley agreed a PSR should be ordered, and when he mentioned returning next week, that’s when Ibrahim snapped.
“I’m out. I’m done. This has been going on for two years, two years of my life…. Ask for whatever you want,” he yelled, in addition to what was quoted above.
What exactly he believes has been going on for two years was not made clear. The oldest criminal charge of the four files is from 11 months ago. What led up to the alleged murder on May 15 in an RV park near Bridal Falls or what connection he has to the victim has not yet been made public.
Judge Harris explained to Ibrahim that even if he pleaded guilty to all the files outside of the murder, he was not going to be released that day and that he will have a bail hearing on the homicide in front of a B.C. Supreme Court judge.
He continued to interrupt the judge, gesticulating and yelling nonsensically.
“Take a breath,” Harris told him. “Are you saying to want to plea?”
“I want to finish with this! My whole life has been ruined because…” he continued, as Reveley helplessly motioned for his client to chill out.
“Calm down,” the judge replied, to which he claimed he was calm, then made a wild allegation about a beating at the Chilliwack police station.
The connection is not clear, but in the early hours of Nov. 23, 2024, the day he is charged with arson, at 2:51 a.m., he posted an erratic video on Twitter/X yelling that a hooded person being escorted to a police cruiser is the mother of his child. He wrote that she "was beaten by the cops Chilliwack RCMP. Now I'm worried about her safety and well-being."
The video shows an RCMP officer escorting a person with a black piece of cloth totally covering their head toward, and into, a cruiser.
The mother of my child was Native was beaten by the cops Chilliwack RCMP. Now I’m worried about her safety and well-being. ##NickSharmaAttorneyGeneral. pic.twitter.com/p2faeXGnsY
— @omer ibrahim (@OmerIbr98328031) November 23, 2024
It's not clear who the person being arrested was in the video, but the tone and temperament of Ibrahim in the video matched his behaviour in court on Tuesday.
“I need you to stop yelling at me or I am not going to deal with your matters any further today,” Judge Harris said Tuesday. “I’m not going to accept you yelling at me.”
But he continued.
“I don’t understand nothing no more! I want to plea. Nobody is listening to me for two years. I want to plea.”
In the end the judge continued to tell him to stop yelling, told him they would take a recess so he could call Reveley to discuss the next step.
“And do not yell at me when you come back into that room.”
In the end, Judge Harris ordered a pre-sentence report and a psychiatric or psychological report, and the files were put over to Dec. 1.
The second-degree murder case is back in court on Nov. 4 to fix a date for a bail hearing.
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