A judge of the Superior Court will deliberate before deciding on which sanction should be confronted with a Quebec after being found in the court for having omitted to withdraw the swastikas from outside his home.
Anthony Delisle, a lawyer representing the municipality of St-Barnabé-Sud, argued that Yahia Meddah should be sentenced to a fine of $ 14,000 and perhaps in the event of prison to ensure that the judicial orders for the withdrawal of Nazi symbols are respected.
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Delisle says that the sanction of the court must end once and for all the battle between Meddah and the municipality of around 1,000 people northeast of Montreal.
Richard Beaulieu, lawyer for Meddah, argued that a fine of $ 2,000 or a community service would be sufficient since it is a first offense.
Judge Chantal Lamarche recognized Meddah guilty of two counts of contempt of the court for not having respected an order from the November court which ordered him to withdraw the Swastikas crosses and other signs of his home which compare the municipality to the Nazi regime, as well as to eliminate a website which calls St-Barnabé-Sud “the most racist in the world”.
The panels increased after a dispute last June with city inspectors on problems with its property.
Lamarche heard arguments of determining the sentence Thursday in St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, telling the lawyers that she will make a written decision on a later date.
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