Montreal Judge Rules Man Not Criminally Responsible in Attack on Hasidic Jewish Father

 A Quebec judge has ruled that Sergio Yanes Preciado, 24, is not criminally responsible for assaulting a Jewish father of three at Dickie Moore Park in Montreal last August.

The August 8 attack, partly caught on video, showed the victim being punched to the ground in front of his children, with his kippa thrown aside. The incident drew condemnation from Jewish groups and politicians, though prosecutors later said it was not deemed a hate crime but the result of mental illness.

Yanes Preciado, originally charged with assault causing bodily harm, will remain detained at Montreal General Hospital.