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A Canadian judge acquitted a bridal shop owner, ruling that an act involving a child and a coat hook was misguided horseplay, not malicious.
A Canadian court has acquitted a bridal shop owner accused of endangering a child. The owner had placed a young child onto a coat hook as part of what was described as ill-advised "horseplay."
The judge determined the action, while misguided, lacked malicious intent. The ruling reflects a legal distinction between recklessness and criminal culpability in cases involving children.
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“The ‘horseplay’ was misguided, said the Canadian judge, but not malicious.”How each side headlined it
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Left: The New York Times reports that a Canadian bridal shop owner was cleared by a court, with the judge describing the act of putting a child onto a coat hook as misguided but not malicious "horseplay."
Center: The Straits Times reports that a Canadian bridal shop owner was cleared by a court, with the judge calling the act of putting a child onto a coat hook ill-advised "horseplay."
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The “horseplay” was misguided, said the Canadian judge, but not malicious.
The judge called the act ill-advised “horseplay”.
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