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Quebec's judicial council has begun examining a complaint against Judge Matthieu Poliquin, the young judge who granted a conditional discharge to engineer Simon Houle last June after he pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault and voyeurism for his actions in 2019.
Fresh allegations about a Trois-Rivières man's behaviour after he was granted a conditional discharge underscore the view that some perpetrators are undeservedly coddled by a flawed system.
Public outcry has been building since the news that a judge granted the man a conditional discharge last month, partly on the basis of his good behaviour. Now, a woman says he groped her a resort in Cuba less than two weeks after the ruling.
MONTREAL - Hundreds of people rallied in front of Montreal's courthouse on Sunday to denounce a light sentence...
Hundreds of people are rallying in front of Montreal's courthouse today to denounce a light sentence imposed on a man who pleaded guilty to sexual assault and voyeurism.