Alleged G20 protest ringleader released from jail after making plea bargain
Posted January 28, 2011 11:47 pm.
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TORONTO – An alleged ringleader of last June’s G20 protests in Toronto has been released from jail.
Alex Hundert was released from a Toronto jail on Jan. 24 after agreeing to plead guilty to a single count of breaching recognizance.
That charge stemmed from Hundert’s appearance at a panel discussion last Sept. 17 at Ryerson University _ a breach of the “no protest” condition of his bail.
Hundert was initially arrested in a house raid in June, was released on bail and had then been in jail since his re-arrest in September.
Several other charges against Hundert have also been dropped and he says the Crown has agreed to stop proceedings to collect $120,000 from his sureties.
Hundert says he doesn’t see the plea bargain as a “sell out” in exchange for his personal freedom.
“I made this plea because I realized that I was doing no good to anyone as I sat in jail,” he said Friday in a release.
“I took a deal that would allow me to get back into my community where I can continue to commit myself to issues of social and environmental justice.”
Of the more than 1,000 people who were arrested during the G20 summit in Toronto, only a handful of charges remain.
Many of those arrested were never charged, and the months since have seen hundreds of charges dropped.
