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| Suspended sentence in niqab assault case |
| 2011-11-27 |
| A woman who pleaded guilty to assault after tearing off a Muslim womanÂ’s face veil at a shopping mall in Mississauga, Ontario was given a suspended sentence on Friday. Rosemarie Creswell pleaded guilty to assault after footage from a mall security camera showed her pulling off Inas KadriÂ’s niqab, at Sheridan Centre in August 2010. Kadri was with her two young children when the attack occurred. Kadri claims she was approached by two women, and one began berating her. Kadri said, "She was swearing at my religion, my face cover and by my presence here in Canada. It was a shock." In court Friday, CreswellÂ’s lawyer argued for a conditional discharge, which would leave her with no criminal record. The judge disagreed, and issued her a suspended sentence plus one year of probation and community service. She will have criminal record, but she won't have to serve time. The judge suggested that part of Creswell's community service could be at a local mosque so she can learn more about Islam. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 I have with some reason long sneered at the idea of "community service" for offenses. In some cases, the judge is so blase about it that they tell the defendant to go find their own community service, and get it signed off by whoever will give it. So I came up with a dodge that I used for a respectable young woman who was arrested for a curfew violation while walking, just two blocks from her home, when her driver had car problems, though mostly because of her skin color. The Universal Life Church will ordain anyone to be a ULC minister for free, by mail, and I knew someone who was a ULC minister. So I asked him to sign off on her "community service", for "work on behalf of his congregation", of which there was just him. The court was so jaded about the whole process that they accepted the document for 100 hours labor, three days later. Phooey. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-11-27 09:32 |
| #1 The judge suggested that part of Creswell's community service could be at a local mosque so she can learn more about Islam. Wants her to come back with a gun? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-11-27 08:10 |