A Montreal police patch is seen on an officer during a news conference in Montreal, on March 25, 2021. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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.
