A York region shawarma shop owner has been sentenced to 60 days of house arrest after uttering threats to bomb every synagogue in Toronto to “kill as many Jews as possible.”
Justice Edward Prutschi of the Ontario Court of Justice said the threats instilled “fear, anger, and frustration” in the broader Jewish community, at the July 28 sentencing hearing.
“Many Canadian Jews live in a state of perpetual heightened anxiety, whether they are attending synagogues, dropping their children off at Jewish day schools, or merely going about their daily work and leisure activities,” Prutschi said in his reasons for sentencing.
Waisuddin Akbari, 41, was sentenced to 60 days of house arrest followed by three years of probation. The Crown had asked for a four-to-six-month jail sentence to precede three years of probation….