A former City of Ottawa lawyer who defaced the National Holocaust Monument in June 2025 has been given a suspended sentence and tw...

Published on January 11, 2026
A former City of Ottawa lawyer who defaced the National Holocaust Monument in June 2025 has been given a suspended sentence and two years of probation, in a decision that rejected calls to classify the act as a hate crime and has drawn sharp criticism from Jewish organizations. In a courtroom decision this week that reeks of moral equivocation, an Ontario judge this week sentenced Iain Aspenlieder, a former City of Ottawa lawyer, to mere time served for vandalizing Canada's National Holocaust Monument. https://lnkd.in/gyynsTMt
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