Why was he allowed to leave the country while in an active court challenge?
The discharge on Wednesday comes after the July 13 hearing was rescheduled when the offender did not appear in person that day, and instead attended virtually from Switzerland. This comes after he pleaded guilty last year to the charges of the assault.
“I made the presumption that Henschel would be present, to be sentenced, and like everyone else, I was shocked that he didn’t come,” Brent Patterson, Shut Down CANSEC campaign organizer and the executive director of Peace Brigades International-Canada, said outside the courthouse.
“It seemed both of the lawyers, also, did not have any prior warning, and so it did seem disrespectful of the Court, disrespectful of the process, disrespectful of the family and everyone who had gathered to bring this to some conclusion.”