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It’s a “different quality of exchange than I usually have. Maybe I’m too polite.” Quigley said.

Zuker interrupted Bristow on a number of occasions during the bail hearing and responded in a sarcastic tone when she said bail would give Ururyar time to get his affairs in order, Halfyard said. She also pointed out that Ururyar had been free on his own recognizance throughout the duration of the trail and had never missed a court appearance.

“Let him get his affairs in order because he’s such a nice guy,” Zuker responded. “We’ll worry about him. He’s not the victim here!”

Bail is always granted unless the Crown can prove that it should be revoked. The defence argued that instead of judging whether the Crown had made a successful argument to revoke bail, Zuker had already made up his mind that the grad student would be going to jail.

“It reads like, ‘I’m giving this man jail. I’ve closed my mind,'” Halfyard said, referencing the transcript.

Halfyard said this was far from typical. Even a serious offender like Dr. George Doodnaught remained free on bail after he was convicted of sexually assaulting 21 patients in 2013, he said.

Quigley agreed that “there are lots of people out on very serious offences.”

Doodnaught was eventually sentenced to 10 years, whereas Ururyar faces a maximum 18 months in jail, and the defence is asking for house arrest.

The Crown chose to proceed by summary conviction, which means the penalty Ururyar will face is much lower than the maximum 10 years for an indictable offence. But as a result, the case took less time to get to trial.

Ururyar was released on $25,000 bail at about 3:30 p.m. He will live with his girlfriend Alison Moore in an apartment they rented in Vancouver. He said “it’s great” to be free after almost two weeks in jail.

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