For the next six months, Aymane Boushaba cannot make direct or indirect reference on social media to members of the Jewish community.
A 21-year-old man was ordered to keep his distance from members of Montreal’s Jewish community on Friday in a case wherein he was charged with uttering threats in Côte-St-Luc.
Aymane Boushaba, 21, a resident of the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, was arrested last year along with Jawad Jawad, 22, of Montreal North, after anti-Semitic slurs were uttered toward people in Côte-St-Luc on May 17, 2021.
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The pair were arrested after two men drove through Côte-St-Luc that evening hurling anti-Jewish insults toward people. The incident prompted Côte-St-Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein to make a robocall the following day informing residents of what happened.
For the next six months, Boushaba is not allowed to possess a weapon and is not allowed to be within 200 metres of the home and place of work of the complainant. Prosecutor Cynthia Gyenizse added conditions requiring that Boushaba not be within 200 metres “of the Jewish community and make no direct or indirect reference on social media” to the complainant or the Jewish community.
After Boushaba signed the peace bond, Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle acquitted him on charges of uttering threats and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Jawad also appeared before Labelle on Friday. He is also charged with uttering threats and being in possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. He faces an additional charge of wilfully promoting hatred against an identifiable group.
His lawyer, Sébastien Brousseau, asked that Jawad’s case be carried over to February.
pcherry@postmedia.com
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