Mayor Young Gets Off Easy
Port Coquitlam Mayor Young was given 12-month conditional sentence and also sentenced to 18-months probation for 2007 assault.
Young must stay inside his residence between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. with an exception that allows him to attend Monday evening city council meetings when he will be allowed to stay out until 10:30 p.m.
After he and Ms. Preston broke up, Ms. Preston filed a complaint against him, resulting in a court order preventing him from approaching her.
On April 4, 2007, Mr. Young left his office at city hall around 11 p.m., and went to Ms. Preston’s house with two pieces of rope in his pockets. He entered and attacked Ms. Preston’s boyfriend, Glen Shaw. Police who arrived at the scene said they had to physically separate the two men, and said they smelled alcohol on Mr. Young’s breath.
For some strange reason there are no restrictions preventing someone with a criminal record or serving a conditional sentence from running for mayor in Port Coquitlam.
I’d suggest they move the council meetings till Tuesday.
