Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Winnipeg Sun: NEWS - Jail for stupid pranks
Jail for stupid pranks
Jackass copycat in clink
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL, COURTS REPORTER
Now that's just gross. A Winnipeg man was convicted yesterday of a particularly nauseating count of assault with a weapon.
His weapon of choice? A plastic bag filled with vomit and feces.
Shaun Mathew Mosionier, 20, pleaded guilty for his role in a sick stunt that saw an unsuspecting bus driver splattered with human waste.
Taking their cue from the MTV series Jackass, Mosionier and two other young men hatched a plan that provincial Judge Howard Collerman could only describe as "totally despicable."
On Oct. 20, 2003, Mosionier's two cohorts filled a bag with their own waste, then one of them donned a clown's wig and planted himself at a bus stop.
When the bus pulled up and the driver opened the doors, the other young man tossed the bag inside. Mosionier's job was to videotape the prank for posterity.
"It was the plan of the three to create their own version of the movie Jackass," said Crown attorney Kerry Pearlman.
The bag exploded on impact, covering -- but not injuring -- the 43-year-old driver, and narrowly missing a 63-year-old woman sitting inside.
"She couldn't believe, once she knew the story ... that someone would actually do this," Pearlman said of the woman.
Collerman was similarly baffled.
"I'm trying to understand what went through your head when you did all this," he said, when giving Mosionier a chance to address the court.
"We just wanted it to be like the movie," Mosionier replied.
"And that was a good thing to you?" Collerman shot back. "You pick some funny role models."
Mosionier also pleaded guilty to an arson charge for helping five youths break into Gateway Industries on June 2, 2002.
The teens set fire to a bale of compressed paper, causing $300,000 in damage when the blaze spread to 1,000 other bales.
Citing the extremely serious nature of both crimes, Collerman sentenced Mosionier to 11 months in jail for the two. He's already spent a month in custody.
The two men who helped assault the bus driver are still before the courts.
The five teens who committed the arson received sentences ranging from probation to two months in custody.
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Jail for stupid pranks
Jackass copycat in clink
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL, COURTS REPORTER
Now that's just gross. A Winnipeg man was convicted yesterday of a particularly nauseating count of assault with a weapon.
His weapon of choice? A plastic bag filled with vomit and feces.
Shaun Mathew Mosionier, 20, pleaded guilty for his role in a sick stunt that saw an unsuspecting bus driver splattered with human waste.
Taking their cue from the MTV series Jackass, Mosionier and two other young men hatched a plan that provincial Judge Howard Collerman could only describe as "totally despicable."
On Oct. 20, 2003, Mosionier's two cohorts filled a bag with their own waste, then one of them donned a clown's wig and planted himself at a bus stop.
When the bus pulled up and the driver opened the doors, the other young man tossed the bag inside. Mosionier's job was to videotape the prank for posterity.
"It was the plan of the three to create their own version of the movie Jackass," said Crown attorney Kerry Pearlman.
The bag exploded on impact, covering -- but not injuring -- the 43-year-old driver, and narrowly missing a 63-year-old woman sitting inside.
"She couldn't believe, once she knew the story ... that someone would actually do this," Pearlman said of the woman.
Collerman was similarly baffled.
"I'm trying to understand what went through your head when you did all this," he said, when giving Mosionier a chance to address the court.
"We just wanted it to be like the movie," Mosionier replied.
"And that was a good thing to you?" Collerman shot back. "You pick some funny role models."
Mosionier also pleaded guilty to an arson charge for helping five youths break into Gateway Industries on June 2, 2002.
The teens set fire to a bale of compressed paper, causing $300,000 in damage when the blaze spread to 1,000 other bales.
Citing the extremely serious nature of both crimes, Collerman sentenced Mosionier to 11 months in jail for the two. He's already spent a month in custody.
The two men who helped assault the bus driver are still before the courts.
The five teens who committed the arson received sentences ranging from probation to two months in custody.
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