Sunday, October 04, 2009
Kamal Meddane, the most dangerous young offenders in Quebec, by Marie-Eve Marineau
Kamal Meddane today became the youngest criminal in Quebec, and one of the youngest in Canada to be declared a dangerous offender by a judge, an exceptional sentence, the heaviest in the Criminal Code.
Judge Patrice Hurtubise has made the decision this afternoon in the Youth Division of Montreal. Kamal Meddane was 14 when he committed his first sexual assault. At 16, he relapsed, this time with great violence. At that age he refused an initial therapy for sex offenders. He has refused three in total.
At 17, while on probation followed, he made three new victims. Most of its victims are teenagers from 13 years to fragile tunes chosen at random from a bus or a subway station. He forced one of them watching him masturbate. He has violated another without a condom.
In these last three cases, he pleaded not guilty. After trial, the judge Hurtubise has been convicted of any assault. The Crown, represented by Sylvie Lemieux, then asked the judge to impose an adult sentence, what the judge has consented. This is why in the media he can be identified, even if he committed his crimes while he was still a teenager.
Judge Hurtubise has ordered the imprisonment of Meddane indefinitely. He will serve at least seven years in prison and will be evaluated every two years to determine if he is fit to go out or not.
The young man has a "deviant sexual sadist type," according to psychiatrist Louis Morissette was evaluated at the request of the Crown. He uses violence and humiliation for assaulting teenage and pubescent female. Meddane has no mental illness or drug problem or alcohol. The young man was a dunce at school and refused all approaches proposed for finding a job. It has a "high opinion of himself" and lack of empathy, according to the doctor.
Meddane had been held since his arrest in April 2007. He is awaiting trial in another sexual assault case before an adult court this time. His mother and brother were in the courtroom this afternoon, and one of his victims. His mother collapsed in tears at the sentencing.
See also:
The Crown wants to declare a young offender rapist to be controlled by Christianne Desjardin, (La Presse May 21, 2009)
Excerpt: "It rewarding to me to see that victims might be afraid," he said yesterday. Initially, it was touching. But over time, attacks have increased in severity up to rape. Eldest of eight children, he lived with his family in a five-bedroom in Montreal North.
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