A previous newspaper editor who breached an injunction has been sentenced to 90 days of house arrest, followed by 18 months of probation. Earlier this year, Robert Verdun was found to be in contempt of a permanent injunction ordered after a defamation action against him by businessman Robert Astley.
I was recently quoted in the Waterloo Region Record regarding a sentence in a contempt case stating that "Mr. Astley is pleased that the court has enforced the injunction he obtained, despite Mr. Verdun's attempts to evade and avoid it ...Mr. Astley hopes it is unnecessary to pursue any further contempt motions but he is prepared to do so if Mr. Verdun's conduct continues. This entire matter has caused Mr. Astley and his family considerable pain."
The Record reports Justice Robert Goldstein also ordered Verdun to hand in his passport, perform 200 hours of community service and report to a parole officer. Justice Goldstein commented that Verdun had narrowly avoided a jail term.
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