Herbert Hildebrandt found guilty of assaulting 84-year-old man
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Herbert Hildebrandt has been found guilty of one count of assault, stemming from a December 2020 altercation between Hildebrandt and 84-year-old Jack Dykxhoorn. Justice Mark Poland made the ruling today in a St. Thomas, Ont. court against the 38-year-old son of Church of God pastor Henry Hildebrandt.
Herbert Hildebrandt has been found guilty of one count of assaulting an octogenarian.
Justice Mark Poland made the ruling today in a St. Thomas, Ont. court against the 38-year-old son of Church of God pastor Henry Hildebrandt.
The case dates back to December of 2020 when Jack Dykxhoorn and friends placed a “Be Kind Wear a Mask” sign near the church in Aylmer, Ont.
The four octogenarians disagreed with the church’s views on masking during what Poland described as a “tense time in Aylmer.”
Hildebrandt then went across the street to the Thompson farm where they were having coffee and pushed Dykxhoorn to the ground.
“I conclude the Crown has proven beyond reasonable doubt, that Mr. Hildebrandt’s act of pushing Mr. Dykxhoorn was unreasonable and not a defensive push,” Poland told the court. “It was an expression of anger and reaction to a perceived insult brought on by Mr. Hildebrandt’s disproportionate reaction to the minor slight presented by placing the sign.”
Poland then referenced Hildebrandt’s claims of self defence, and his testimony that he did not have time to walk away from the senior citizens who approached him “rapidly.”
