The man who threw gravel at Justin Trudeau at a protest-interrupted 2021 campaign event should be sent to jail, a prosecutor argued on Monday, claiming the man's actions were not just an assault on a candidate but an assault on democracy.
The defence lawyer for 26-year-old Shane Marshall, meanwhile, said his client's impulse and anger management issues got the better of him when he tossed stones at the prime minister during the September 2021 campaign stop in London, Ont.
Defence lawyer Luke Reidy said Marshall, from nearby St. Thomas, Ont., is remorseful and should be given a one-year suspended sentence with mandatory community service. "The act of throwing stones was an impulse. It was an impulse that Shane Marshall should have the ability to control, but in that moment, he reacted," Reidy said. "It was not my intention to cause a scene or hurt anyone," he said.
Reidy told the court Marshall was "very passionate about his politics," though he did not clarify what those political views amounted to, saying only that they formed a "minority opinion." The lawyer then argued that "without people like Shane Marshall, minority opinions would not be heard." In making arguments Monday, lawyers cited at least three instances of a prime minister or premiers getting pied in the face as precedents. A man who threw a pie at Jean Chretien in 2000 during an event in Charlottetown was sentenced to 30 days in jail, but later had his sentence reduced on appeal, court heard.
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