oldbanger
Regular Member
A disgraced Ottawa police officer, who pleaded guilty to severely whipping his young children as a form of discipline, has been spared jail.
Justice Gilles Renaud on Friday sentenced him to a conditional discharge in the child-abuse case.
"I find that the refusal of a discharge in this instance would be contrary to the public interest by depriving the community of the "skills and talents" of (the accused) as a police officer," Renaud ruled.
The judge also prohibited the officer from physically punishing his children for two years... (and then he is not prohibited)
The officer, whose identity is shielded by a publication ban...
The court also heard that corporal punishment is acceptable in the officer's "homeland" though no evidence was entered to establish the statement.
The child abuse happened in 2009...The officer is suspended with pay...:cuss:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa%20Police%20officer%20avoids%20jail%20child%20abuse/4313648/story.html
Justice Gilles Renaud on Friday sentenced him to a conditional discharge in the child-abuse case.
"I find that the refusal of a discharge in this instance would be contrary to the public interest by depriving the community of the "skills and talents" of (the accused) as a police officer," Renaud ruled.
The judge also prohibited the officer from physically punishing his children for two years... (and then he is not prohibited)
The officer, whose identity is shielded by a publication ban...
The court also heard that corporal punishment is acceptable in the officer's "homeland" though no evidence was entered to establish the statement.
The child abuse happened in 2009...The officer is suspended with pay...:cuss:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Ottawa%20Police%20officer%20avoids%20jail%20child%20abuse/4313648/story.html