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Man receives suspended sentence for defacing National Holocaust Monument
Iain Aspenlieder received a suspended sentence and probation with strict conditions after defacing the National Holocaust Monument, with the judge noting no hate motivation but recognizing community harm.
- On Wednesday, Justice Anne London-Weinstein sentenced Iain Aspenlieder, 46-year-old former City of Ottawa lawyer, to a suspended sentence and credited 152 days of time served, so he will not serve additional jail time.
- On June 9, vandals painted `FEED ME` in red across the National Holocaust Monument, downtown Ottawa, and splashed red paint on other parts; the paint was quickly removed but the act drew condemnation.
- Surveillance footage shows Iain Aspenlieder arriving just before 3 a.m. by bicycle carrying red bags and throwing paint, and he pleaded guilty in July to one count of mischief to a war memorial.
- He will be on probation for 24 months with conditions banning weapons and barring him from the National Holocaust Monument and Jewish institutions, and he must submit his DNA and pay a victim surcharge.
- Community groups said the vandalism caused anguish over a red handprint evoking a 2000 image, with London-Weinstein noting she did not believe it was motivated by hate, and the ruling arrived three weeks before Jan. 27.
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CANADA (JNS) – Anne London-Weinstein, an Ontario Superior Court of Justice judge, ruled on Jan. 7 that Iain Aspenlieder, a former lawyer for the city of Ottawa who pleaded guilty to vandalizing a Holocaust memorial, is free to go after serving five months in prison. Prosecutors had sought a two-year sentence for Aspenlieder’s crime, which […]
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Man receives suspended sentence for defacing National Holocaust Monument
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