Accused of having intimidated a journalist

Michael Nguyen

Monday, 29 January, 2018 21:31

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Monday, 29 January, 2018 21:31

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A Montrealer who had attempted to prevent a journalist from publishing an article in the press has been accused of intimidation and threats on Monday.

“There are reasonable grounds to believe that it is necessary in the public interest, to issue this mandate “, one can read in the warrant of arrest about Volkan Demirel.

Demirel, a resident of LaSalle 27-year-old, would be presented at the palais de justice of Montreal in the past week.

For a reason that is not specified in the court document, it would have been in the search of the crime reporter of the daily newspaper La Presse, Louis Samuel Perron.

Photo Ben Pelosse

Louis Samuel Perron
Crime reporter at daily Press

But the meeting does not appear to be well placed, since a complaint was then filed with the special constables, who are the forces of law and order in the palace of justice.

An investigation has been opened by these agents of the peace, which ultimately led to the filing of the warrant of arrest.

criminal records

According to the document, Demirel would have intimidated the journalist, ” for the purpose of compelling Mr. Perron to refrain from publishing news articles “.

Demirel has several criminal records, including for assault with a weapon causing injury, which occurred in 2010, and earned him a probation. In 2012, he had been convicted of non-compliance condition and of harassment.

His condemnation of the most recent dates back to 2015, when he has had to perform community work for breach of a court order.