The cell phone was in her name so it was considered her personal property by the police. Despite the fact that it was a joint plan with two phones & he paid the bill.
We all agreed that the anger management was a de facto quasi admission but the lawyer told him that the court would mandate it anyway - they basically always do. RM #1 could speed up the inevitable by doing it before the dismissal hearing. Even with the dismissal he is under a signed Peace Bond for the next 12 months.
Canadian Law is filled to the brim with equality, but in he said/she said verbal or physical abuse cases, the man is guilty until overwhelmingly proven innocent. In one sense, it is hard to blame the legal system due to the historical inadequacies of the law vis a vis women's rights, but the pendulum swung a bit too far in this case. And the case is far from unique. One of his co-workers was a few months ahead of him with similar circumstances & an identical outcome.
Ian