Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara faces assault, break and enter, harassment charges

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Jun, 2020 07:22 PM

The Prime Minister's Office says it learned this morning about multiple criminal charges laid against Liberal MP Marwan Tabbara and is "looking into the matter."

Global News first reported the MP for the Ontario riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler has been charged with two counts of assault, one count of breaking and entering to commit an indictable offence, and one count of criminal harassment.

The charges follow Tabbara's arrest on April 10 in Guelph, Ont.

Tabbara's office is refusing to comment.

Tabbara, first elected in 2015, is scheduled to appear in court June 19.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Vancouver Convention Centre Picked For Off Site Covid-19 Treatment Centre

VICTORIA - Vancouver's waterfront convention centre is being prepared as a health facility in British Columbia's fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Minister Adrian Dix said Monday.

Vancouver Convention Centre Picked For Off Site Covid-19 Treatment Centre

B.C. Court Considers Ways To Deliver Meng Decision In Socially Distant Manner

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is considering creative ways to deliver a decision in an extradition hearing for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou as a global pandemic restricts travel and gatherings.

B.C. Court Considers Ways To Deliver Meng Decision In Socially Distant Manner

Canada-Wide Warrant Issued For Woman Convicted Of Killing Baby Daughter

Vancouver Police are asking for the public’s help to locate 37-year-old Justina Ellis after she left her halfway house in East Vancouver on Sunday and did not return.

Canada-Wide Warrant Issued For Woman Convicted Of Killing Baby Daughter

Murder, Attempted Murder Charges Laid Following Kamloops, B.C., Stabbing

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - One count of murder and three counts of attempted murder have been laid against a British Columbia man following a violent house party in Kamloops, B.C.

Murder, Attempted Murder Charges Laid Following Kamloops, B.C., Stabbing

The Rise of Birth Tourism

Growing faster than the overall population of Canada and even the rate of immigration, is a phenomenon called birth tourism

The Rise of Birth Tourism

Cruise Ships Carrying Canadians On The Move Toward Florida

Two cruise ships carrying nearly 2,700 passengers and crew, including 248 Canadians are on the move after being stranded off the coast of Panama following the deaths of four passengers with flu-like symptoms.