A Montreal man who was furious because he didn’t receive sauce with his McDonald’s order has been convicted of assault for wantonly assaulting a healthcare worker for telling him to stop yelling at workers at the restaurant.
“[La victime] had a broken tooth; swollen and split lips; swollen and bloodshot eye. She had abdominal pain and bruises on her arms and legs that lasted for several weeks,” summarized Judge Alain St-Pierre of the Montreal Municipal Court.
The attack occurred around 1 a.m. on June 12, 2021 at the McDonald’s restaurant on Newman Boulevard in the LaSalle neighborhood.
Raphaël Levert was drunk after a night out at the bar and was a passenger in a vehicle driven by his sister Jade when he freaked out… because his order was missing sauces.
He then banged furiously on the thoroughfare window, which his sister imitated.
The victim in this case, who had just finished his shift at the hospital, was in the vehicle behind the duo’s.
The victim fell
She got out of her car and yelled at the duo to stop and leave the staff alone
“Before she even knows [Raphaël Levert] was in front of his face. “The only thing she remembers afterwards is the pain she felt in her stomach and face,” the decision reads as the victim was punched and kicked.
“[Jade Levert] started yelling in his face that she should mind his own business instead of minding other people’s. She also mentioned that we were in Quebec and spoke French here,” we add.
In the end it was a big man who was able to separate the accused from the poor victim who was bleeding on the ground.
“Angry and Warlike People”
For their part, the defendant and his sister tried to persuade the judge that it was the victim who had attacked him first and that Raphaël Levert had merely responded with a single punch in defense.
“For what [la victime] would have gone out to attack the accused as he claims? The court finds no reason to explain such an attack,” wrote Judge Alain St-Pierre.
“It should be borne in mind that the defendant is in his early twenties. He is 5’7”, weighs 170-180 pounds and has an athletic build. “Mrs. James is a woman in her early fifties and of short stature,” added the judge.
Believing that Raphaël Levert and his sister Jade were not credible and that they had behaved like “angry and belligerent people” that evening, he found the young man guilty of assault.
The young man will find out his sentence at a later date.
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