Ottawa police said they will not charge the woman who danced at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the National War Memorial during a trucker protest this winter.
At a news conference Thursday morning about the convoy of motorcyclists scheduled to march on Ottawa on Saturday, Acting Deputy Chief of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS), Patrica Fergusonhe said he thought the cases would come, before police withdrew after follow-up questioning from CBC News.
A spokesman for OPS confirmed that the woman was not charged.
Met a woman living outside the province. Talking to him, he showed remorse for his actions and trusted the police that he would never do it again.said Ottawa police via email. His case is handled a different way, which is one of our policing practices.
When seeking clarification on them Another waythe spokesperson for OPS explained that sometimes used by the police informal process to conclude criminal investigations, which may include the use of municipal laws, relocation programs or warnings.
[Nous] we are confident that this is an isolated incident that will not happen again on the part of this personwrote Ottawa police in their email.
The January 29 incident was widely condemned by politicians. It happened on the first day of a trucker protest that turned into a week -long job in downtown Ottawa around Parliament Hill.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier contains the remains ofan unknown Canadian soldier in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, near Vimy Ridgeaccording to Veterans Affairs Canada.
They were buried at the north end of the street Elginin Ottawa, in May 2000.
With information from Raffy Boudjikanian, CBC News
Source: Radio-Canada
