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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (4120)	1/27/2007 10:08:54 AM
From: DeplorableIrredeemableRedneck	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Man gets four more years for stabbing wife, child Last Updated: Friday, January 26, 2007 \| 6:09 PM ET cbc.ca CBC News A Montreal man was sentenced Friday to four more years in prison for stabbing his Muslim wife and their young daughter and for refusing to grant her a Shariah divorce. Crown prosecutors had requested a seven-year sentence for the 31-year old man, who pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault in 2006 in order to avoid going to trial on attempted murder charges. The man, who cannot be named in order to protect the identity of his two-year old daughter, has already served almost a year in custody. He has been in custody since the attacks in February 2006. The Crown sought a stiffer sentence because the man refused to grant his wife a Shariah divorce, a refusal prosecutor Sophie Lavergne called an "aggravating factor." The defence had asked for a three-year sentence. He was accused of stabbing his wife seven times, and his daughter twice in their apartment. His wife has been seeking a religious divorce under Sharia law in order for her to return to her homeland in Lebanon, where her family lives. Her husband has refused to give her the divorce, and testified during his sentence hearing that she'll have to wait until he finishes serving his sentence. She testified that without the religious divorce, she'll have trouble returning to Lebanon because she could be accused of abducting her daughter. In Quebec and Ontario, provincial legislation forbids the use of religious tribunals to settle family disputes involving divorce or custody.