{"id":107580,"date":"2022-01-06T10:40:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T15:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=107580"},"modified":"2022-01-06T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T16:06:36","slug":"woman-guilty-of-assaulting-huntsville-high-school-student","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/woman-guilty-of-assaulting-huntsville-high-school-student\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman guilty of assaulting Huntsville High School student"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week in Bracebridge court, a Muskoka woman pleaded guilty to assaulting a Huntsville High School student.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, April Macleod, 41, pleaded guilty to assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement of facts, court heard that on September 17, 2020, a group of Grade 12 students from Huntsville High School were on a scavenger hunt near the Summit Centre, when they commented on smelling marijuana. Court heard that Macleod then emerged from the woods nearby with two other parties and told them to mind their own business.<strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ad.broadstreetads.com\/click\/419313\/c328009\/z45658?\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later the groups once again crossed paths and an altercation ensued, wherein Macleod admitted to slapping one of the students in the back of the head. Macleod alleged that some members of the group had been involved in the bullying of a family member on previous occasions, although she admitted she didn\u2019t know the person she had assaulted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defence asked for a discharge, as Macleod has no criminal record and there was \u201cextreme provocation\u201d over a number of years on the part of the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crown said no evidence of bullying had been proven, and he would not accept it as a mitigating factor. The Crown said even if there was evidence bullying took place, it did not give justification for a grown woman to assault a 17-year-old.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Crown argued for a suspended sentence and probation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Jonathan Bliss said regardless of past bullying, the behaviour was not acceptable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on the matter of sentencing, Macleod said she had a \u201czero tolerance\u201d for bullying, and she faulted the parents of the students for their behaviour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Justice Bliss said he will decide sentencing later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week in Bracebridge court, a Muskoka woman pleaded guilty to assaulting a Huntsville High School student. 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