Man who threw gravel at Justin Trudeau faces jail
Shane Marshall's lawyer said that his client came to a Justin Trudeau campaign stop in September 2021 to protest, not to throw stones.
As part of sentencing submissions Monday, he said a suspended sentence without jail time was appropriate for the hot-tempered man, who in March pleaded guilty to assault.
Crown attorney Jeremy Carnegie argued for a sentence that would include 30 days of jail time followed by a year's probation.
Carnegie said assaults against politicians are also assaults on the democratic process, and could cause people to become hesitant about seeking political office.
He said a strong deterrent is needed to prevent similar attacks.
Violence against any political candidate could hurt democracy as a whole. The right to protest stops before we get to violence. Thirty days should show the court that he takes this offence seriously. We need to deter people from this kind of behaviour.