Former MP Marwan Tabbara gets 3 years' probation after pleading guilty to assault
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Former Kitchener South-Hespeler MP Marwan Tabbara has received a conditional discharge and was placed on three years' probation after pleading guilty to two counts of assault and one of being unlawfully in a dwelling house.
Tabbara was charged following an altercation with a woman and another man in the spring of 2020 in Guelph, Ont.
He was initially charged with break and enter, but it was amended Thursday afternoon, during a virtual court hearing, to being unlawfully in a dwelling house.
The Crown and defence lawyer issued a joint submission for Tabbara to receive a conditional discharge and three years' probation. Justice Michael Wendl agreed to it.
As part of his sentence, Tabbara must complete 40 hours of community service each year for three years and cannot have any contact with the man he assaulted. As well, he:
Tabbara told the court he has "always worked hard all my life and wanted to serve my community because it gave me so much."
"My actions in 2020 were denunciable and completely out of character," he said, but he did not apologize to the two victims.
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