MONTREAL — To advocate for Nazism is to call for the persecution of Jews, a Quebec court judge ruled Monday in a decision against a 36\u002Dyear\u002Dold man who wrote…
Gabriel Sohier Chaput “actively promoted the detestation of people of the Jewish faith” in a 2017 article published by website the Daily Stormer, Judge Manlio Del Negro said.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter.
Del Negro rejected Sohier Chaput’s claim that some of the article’s more inflammatory slurs, including a reference to a Holocaust survivor as an “oven dodger,” were written by someone else. The judge said Sohier Chaput, who wrote under the name “Zeiger,” had never attempted to distance himself from the article until the trial.
Sohier Chaput had argued that the article was intended to be taken ironically and that it used humour and exaggeration. The judge found those claims to be baseless. Defence lawyer Helene Poussard told the judge that people found guilty — even in more serious matters — are usually released while they await sentencing. Sohier Chaput, she said, has obeyed his conditions since 2017.
At a second hearing later in the day, Del Negro said Sohier Chaput could return home to await sentencing once a family member signed a document guaranteeing the accused would respect conditions. Prosecutor Patrick Lafreniere had no objections to his release.Article content The prosecution argued that the link between Nazism and the Holocaust was an accepted fact. The defence, however, said an expert witness was needed to establish those facts.Article content
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