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Stefanie Trudeau, aka Officer 728, has been found guilty of assault in connection with a rough arrest in October of 2012 in the Plateau Mont-Royal district.
Stéfanie Trudeau was caught on cellphone video arresting Serge Lavoie in a stairwell on Papineau Avenue in Montreal.
“Even if he came to the conclusion that it was a legal arrest, the way she grabbed Mr. Lavoie, at that moment, she used excessive force,” said prosecutor Jean-Simon Larouche.
The trial began in last October after numerous delays. In December 2014, a judge altered the process from a criminal trial to a summary case.
Trudeau faces a maximum sentence of six months in jail. The two sides will reconvene in the spring to determine her sentence.
She was also involved in a separate incident during the 2012 student protests when she pepper sprayed an unarmed male protester. The Crown determined in that case that Trudeau had not used unnecessary force as defined in the Criminal Code.
Stefanie Trudeau says she has quit the Montreal police force.
Agencies/Canadajournal
