A 23-year-old man has been charged in the assault of a Jewish father at a Montreal park last week.
The incident, captured on a 28-second video shared widely online, drew swift condemnation including from Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier François Legault.
Sergio Yanes Preciado is facing a charge of assault causing bodily harm, and he appeared briefly on Tuesday before a Quebec court judge from a detention centre in Montreal’s north end.
The Crown has objected to his release, and he is scheduled to return to court Wednesday morning.
Police say the 32-year-old father was assaulted on Aug. 8 while he was with his young children in Dickie Moore park in the borough of Villeray—St-Michel—Parc-Extension. They say the victim was sprayed with a bottle of water, and when he tried to confront the accused he was pushed to the ground, punched and kneed before his assailant fled on foot….