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Olde Tyme Religion
Jailed terrorist trying to convert inmate to Islam gets beat down
2015-09-12
[BizPacReview] Video (at Link) of a beating inside an Ottawa jail shows Carlos Larmond, who is facing terrorism-related charges along with his twin brother, being attacked after allegedly trying to convert another inmate to Islam.

The incident occurred March 3 at the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre. Video of the incident, played in an Ottawa courtroom Thursday, shows two men viciously attack Larmond with a flurry of punches and kicks while surrounded by other inmates. At one point in the video one of the men appears to drop an object on Larmond before he is able to get to his feet and is escorted out by correctional officers.

Terrence Wilson, 24, was sentenced on Thursday to 60 days in jail for assault causing bodily harm related in the attack.

Paolo Giancaterino, the lawyer representing Wilson, told Global News Larmond had tried to convert his client to Islam on several occasions and threatened to kill him when he resisted.

"It first started with some friendly requests for him to convert to Islam and be a soldier of Islam, and my client was having none of it," Giancaterino said. "It escalated to the point where threats were starting to be made that my client would be killed in his cell if he didn't convert. That was followed up by another threat that my client's family would be killed by someone on the outside if he didn't convert."

Giancaterino said the threats escalated over a period of several weeks.

Giancaterino said Larmond suffered a broken left hand and a black eye in the beating.

Carlos Larmond and his twin brother, Ashton, are facing terror-related charges after they were arrested by the RCMP in January after allegedly attempting to travel overseas for terrorist purposes.

Both have been charged with participation in the activity of a terrorist group and for attempting to leave Canada to participate in terrorist activity abroad. Ashton has also been charged instruction to carry out activity for a terrorist group.

Attempts to reach the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services for comment were not successful.
It would be impossible to run out of snark for this one, eh?
It's Canada. I'm sure they were polite about it. Eh.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#7  That was followed up by another threat that my client's family would be killed by someone on the outside if he didn't convert.

A communicated threat = assault. When's the trial?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-09-12 14:33  

#6  They are right.

It's soooo annoying!
Posted by: newc   2015-09-12 13:16  

#5  They should have sentenced him to an extra six days in jail. That would have sent an interesting message.
Posted by: gorb   2015-09-12 13:06  

#4  Ricky and Julian back in the slammer again?
Posted by: Shipman   2015-09-12 12:42  

#3  Note the "hands off" bystanders.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-09-12 10:40  

#2  OK. I want to know who the inmates involved in the beating are---I want them out of jail and enrolled in UN's new "Office for Relations with Islam".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-12 06:50  

#1  Giancaterino said Larmond suffered a broken left hand and a black eye in the beating.

Only because he was in a Canadian jail.
Posted by: Raj   2015-09-12 00:15  

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