Charges withdrawn in Parliament Hill incident after rowdy court appearance

By OttawaMatters Staff

Posted Jul 24, 2018 08:11:00 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A man, arrested following an incident on Parliament Hill, is being ordered to see a psychiatrist after a raucous court appearance.

During the brief appearance Tuesday, Jesse Mooney yelled at the judge overseeing the hearing, demanded his lawyer be fired and complained about the government.

Mooney and the judge were speaking over one another during the video hearing for four charges stemming from a Sunday morning assault in Blossom Park. That happened the day before he was arrested on Parliament Hill.

Parliamentary security officers detained Mooney during the changing of the guard ceremony Monday on the hill. Authorities discovered a small pocket knife nearby.

Police have withdrawn charges related to the incident outside the Parliament building.

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