Suspended sentence for Saskatchewan man who threatened prime minister Trudeau
SASKATOON — A Saskatchewan man will not have to spend any time in jail for threatening on social media to kill Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Derek Hurrell, who is 34 and from Borden, Sask., was given a two-year suspended sentence when he appeared in Saskatoon provincial court Monday.
Court heard the threat made in January on Hurrell’s Facebook account said he wanted to take a gun and blow Trudeau’s head off as a “public service” to Canada.
The defence told court that Hurrell is mentally ill, suffers from drug and alcohol issues and has limited contact with his family.