A Quebec judge has ruled that a man who attacked a Jewish father in a Montreal park last month is not criminally responsible.
The Aug. 8 incident saw 23-year-old Sergio Yanes Preciado charged with assault causing bodily harm after he sprayed the man with his water bottle before punching and kneeing him repeatedly and then tossing what seemed to be the victim’s kippah, a traditional Jewish head covering, into a splash pad before fleeing the scene. Preciado was subsequently arrested on Aug. 11.
Judge Joëlle Roy concluded in her Sept. 15 ruling that Preciado, who is currently being detained at Montreal General Hospital, was suffering from a mental disorder at the time of the assault and, therefore, can’t be held criminally responsible….