Kelly Pflug-Back is shown in an undated Toronto Police Services handout file photo. The Crown is urging a judge to jail a Black Bloc vandal who was part of the G20 rampage in Toronto for up to two years. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO, Toronto Police Services
July 13, 2012 - 10:58 AM
TORONTO - The Crown is urging a judge to jail a Black Bloc vandal who was part of the G20 rampage in Toronto for up to two years.
Saying Kelly Pflug-Back played a leadership role in the June 2010 violence, the prosecution argued she did not deserve a conditional sentence.
Pflug-Back, of Guelph, Ont., pleaded guilty in February to charges of wearing a disguise and seven counts of mischief over $5,000.
In her submissions, the prosecutor read victim-impact statements from people terrified as the vandals smashed store windows and attacked police cruisers.
The Crown urged the judge to send a strong message that violent protest damages legitimate dissent and is affront to individual rights.
Court also heard Pflug-Back had pleaded guilty just months prior to another mischief charge involving an Olympic torch protest.
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