“Ontario Crown attorney attacked during dangerous offender hearing. Lack of courtroom barrier called ‘absolute disgrace’
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“Ontario Crown attorney attacked during dangerous offender hearing. Lack of courtroom barrier called ‘absolute disgrace’”
“An offender allegedly leapt from the prisoner’s box and attacked a Crown attorney at the Peterborough courthouse last week, pinning her against a table — the same prosecutor who had been expressing concerns for a decade that the box was a serious safety risk.
The details are included in a letter sent this week to Attorney General Doug Downey by the Ontario Crown Attorneys’ Association, highlighting that this is just the latest incident of violence in an Ontario courthouse that requires a province-wide security strategy. ”
Jacques Gallant
Toronto Star
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