The woman charged after a Muslim woman had her hijab pulled off in a London grocery store is not mentally fit enough to stand trial.

It's something of a conclusion to a case that sent shock waves across the country.

During a brief court hearing on Wednesday, the accused woman was referred to the Ontario Review Board, which will monitor her fitness.

She was ordered to appear before the board within 45 days.

The decision in the adult therapeutic court, a specialized Ontario Court for people with mental health issues, puts the case in limbo. The case will not return to court unless the woman is determined fit..

The 38-year old woman was charged with assault on June 20 after a woman who was in the Superking grocery store on Wonderland Road with her four-month-old son noticed a woman glaring at her and mumbling in a language she didn't recognize.

The mother was tending to her child in a stroller. The 38-year-old woman walked up, began swearing in English, then spat on the mother.

The mother slapped the woman. The woman grabbed the mother by the head, pinned her against the wall and punched her in the face.

Then she grabbed the mother's hijab, her religious head covering, revealing the mother's hair, which she had kept covered in public for 16 years.

The mother ran and called the police.

The Free Press has not identified the woman arrested in the attack because of her mental health issues.

She made her first court appearance with a mental health worker and a Farsi interpreter. She also spent some time in hospital after the attack.

She is currently on a community treatment order.

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