A woman from Quebec who violently attacked a taxi driver with a stick whom she called a “dirty Arab” was sentenced Monday to three months in prison, she who is already detained in connection with an attempted murder. murder linked to the drug war.
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Sara Terzini pleaded guilty last November to a charge of assault with a weapon for the event which occurred in December 2022.
In the early morning, the woman had stopped her vehicle near a parked and waiting taxi. Terzini then began to insult the driver before getting out of her car to attack the taxi driver’s.
After punching the car several times, the driver drove away, but the accused returned to retrieve a metal bar. She then violently hit the hood of the taxi.
The violent attack continued when the victim went outside to try to stop the woman. Sara Terzini then hit her with her gun. The driver managed to control the woman, but he still suffered injuries in the altercation.
Photo taken from Sara Terzini’s Facebook page
90 days of detention
On Monday, lawyers for both parties proposed to Judge Steve Magnan the imposition of a sentence of 90 days in prison. Although she has since been arrested in a case of attempted murder, it is recognized that the accused still has no criminal record, which weighed in the balance of this suggestion.
The defense argued that Sara Terzini, despite the racist insults thrown at her victim, does not have racist values.
“Your pre-sentence report says that you are not racist, that you do not hold these values. And you yourself say that your parents came from Italy, but all that is not very convincing,” underlined Judge Magnan, specifying that he was more sensitive to the serious consumption history of the accused.
“It could have been a sentence much longer than three months, but I understand that we favored rehabilitation,” indicated the magistrate, accepting the parties’ common suggestion.
In addition to her three months of detention, Sara Terzini will be subject to two years’ probation.
Accused of attempted murder
However, the 33-year-old woman may not be at the end of her troubles.
She was arrested at the end of November for an attempted murder of two individuals that occurred on November 3 on Highway 40 near the Le Gendre exit.
According to the authorities, this shooting in broad daylight is linked to the war involving the Blood Family Mafia, the group led by Dave “Pic” Turmel, and bikers criminalized for the control of drug trafficking in the Quebec region. Terzini is accused in this case with four alleged accomplices.
The woman has been detained preventively since her arrest in this case, which is due to return to court next week.