You realize pretty quickly that the justice system favours some over others.
One example: the former king of the city, Saku Koivu. The longtime Canadiens captain was a God
The June and September tickets were retracted by prosecutor Rene Boucher in November 2005. There's no other explanation but the clerk told me that this usually means that the accused is out of town or too much time has elapsed.
The August ticket was tossed out by judge Pierre D Denault in June 2009. The final two seem to have been paid and there were no further tickets, so presumably Captain K got the message to finally slow down.
Compare that to the tickets received by brothers Tony Magi and Rino Magi who have been repeatedly described in the press as possibly being involved with mobsters. Amazingly, neither apparently has a criminal record.
But you get the idea that they haven't been given an easy time with the local cops. Tony was given a ticket on May 18, 2009 for having "sali les pavages" at 5666 Upper Lachine, ie, they ticketed him for tossing a cigarette on the sidewalk. Alberino Magi was nailed for walking his dog without a leash at Trenholme Park. Also a bar on Upper Lachine called The Jungle Bar was denied a permit in January partly because Tony Magi was seen on the premises.
I guess I wont invite Tony over for dinner then, I could get a ticket.
ReplyDeleteSo you get a ticket for throwing a megot on the ground and if ends up in someone else's court records!
ReplyDeleteThe cop who wrote the report couldn't have gotten too high a mark in his high school French exam.
These liquor permit cases bring the justice system, into disrepute.
Come on Kristian - can you match names with the mysterious letters that the court has put in the report? Inquiring minds want to know!
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that the people that used to hang out at the Bistro now meet up at the bar on Upper Lachine & Hampton.
I personally never entered that bistro at 5956 Upper Lachine - it always looked suspicious to me.
I don't know where 5956 Upper Lachine is. The bar at Hampton and UL is an Inuit joint. I've never been inside. Don't know who goes there now that the Inuit Centre has moved down to Tupper.
ReplyDeleteI have a big time gripe involving Tony Magi, which is more directed at the Borough of NDG, which mysteriously allowed him exemptions in building that awful prison-style monstrosity at Upper Lachine and Wilson. For one, the telephone poles should have been buried beneath the ground. I wonder what the story is behind letting him put them above ground.
I guess you're referring to this stuff about Magi in the report? I don't know, it might be in an old Gazette article but I'm a bit lazy to fire up the informart right now...
---
Après vérification dans les banques de données policières, il n’a aucun casier judiciaire.
11-090518-014 Il a reçu un billet pour avoir sali le pavé soit avoir lancé une cigarette sur le sol. Il quittait le BISTRO LA PIAZZA.
11-090401-024 Il est le suspect de menaces, séquestration et de voies de fait. La victime est M L . Il s’agit d’un dossier relié au crime organisé italien dans lequel la victime s’est faite agressé violemment dans le but de payer une présumées dette de
qu’il devrait à B . M L indique connaître B pour avoir eu des transactions d’affaire concernant la vente d’un immeuble il y a quelque temps. Dans le cadre de cet événement, la victime a été séquestrée, battue et menacée de mort. Le dossier a été fermé sans accusation, car la victime ne désire plus porter plainte. L’enquête démontrait que M. M , relié au crime organisé italien, l’a frappé et menacé avec une arme.