News and Events => People news => Topic started by: Shana A on April 03, 2010, 07:34:33 AM Return to Full Version
Title: Man acquitted of assaulting drag queen
Post by: Shana A on April 03, 2010, 07:34:33 AM
Post by: Shana A on April 03, 2010, 07:34:33 AM
Man acquitted of assaulting drag queen
By SCOTT TAYLOR, QMI Agency
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/04/01/13439156-qmi.html (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/04/01/13439156-qmi.html)
OTTAWA - The man accused of beating a female impersonator outside an Ottawa gay bar has been acquitted of assault, and the victim, who spent time in a coma after falling down stairs, says his homosexuality is the reason.
Andrew Lefebvre, 28, claimed he was rushing to assist his then-girlfriend Sheri Rand after Michael Marcil, also known as drag queen Dixie Landers, struck her in the mouth with a beer bottle at 2 a.m. on May 26, 2007. The incident occurred after a night of celebrating a gay friend's birthday at Centretow
By SCOTT TAYLOR, QMI Agency
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/04/01/13439156-qmi.html (http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2010/04/01/13439156-qmi.html)
OTTAWA - The man accused of beating a female impersonator outside an Ottawa gay bar has been acquitted of assault, and the victim, who spent time in a coma after falling down stairs, says his homosexuality is the reason.
Andrew Lefebvre, 28, claimed he was rushing to assist his then-girlfriend Sheri Rand after Michael Marcil, also known as drag queen Dixie Landers, struck her in the mouth with a beer bottle at 2 a.m. on May 26, 2007. The incident occurred after a night of celebrating a gay friend's birthday at Centretow