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Kyle Mac Kenzie and Sentencing Hearing

Canadian Press: He pleaded guilty in March to mischief and inciting hatred, according to The Chronicle Herald. MacKenzie told his sentencing hearing Wednesday that what he did was ignorant, hurtful, and reckless behaviour. Kyle Mac Kenzie, who is 29, spray-painted racist words on an LRT station and on vehicles at a C-train parking lot on Dec. 3. He told police after his arrest that the Paris terrorist attacks in November and his hate for ISIL spurred his crime. Source Source The Canadian Press MacKenzie will be sentenced on July 15; the prosecution wants 18 months in jail, while the defence is arguing for time served, plus three months for a breach of probation charge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.