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A Quebec man who relieved himself on the National War Memorial last Canada Day got a reprieve Tuesday after the Crown withdrew the mischief charge against him.
Stephen Fernandes wrote a public letter of apology, did more than 50 hours of community service at the Veteran's Hospital in Montreal, donated $200 to charity and is very remorseful, his lawyer, Steven Greenberg, said later.
(CBC) "He was extremely intoxicated at the time this happened and in fact he just didn't even know where he was," Greenberg said. "So the message it
sends is that I guess everybody is entitled to a second chance."
Veterans were outraged after a retired Canadian Forces major photographed the 23-year-old from Dorval, Que., urinating on the National War Memorial last year.
Fernandes turned himself in after his photograph was posted on the Ottawa Police website. Two teens caught committing a similar offence were not charged.
A Winnipeg man was sentenced last August to 60 days in jail for urinating on the war memorial in Sudbury, Ont.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2007/02/13/urinate.html
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