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‘I’m not happy’: No time behind bars for man who beat teen with autism in Surrey
By Elizabeth McSheffrey & Troy Charles Global News
Posted October 27, 2023 6:06 pm
Updated October 28, 2023 1:39 am
A Surrey father and son are speaking out, after the teenager, who has autism, was attacked by a man who accused him of committing a crime. Neetu Garcha reports. A warning, some viewers may find this content disturbing.
A former Saskatchewan hockey player has been given a conditional discharge and sentenced to two years of probation, a 10-year firearms prohibition and a $100-fine for his attack on a teen with autism in Surrey, B.C. last year.
Spencer Meyer, who played briefly for the Western Hockey League’s Prince Albert Raiders between 2011 and 2012, was charged with assault causing bodily harm and two counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm in the Jan. 26, 2022 beating.
He pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm — the only charge reflected in his sentencing at Surrey Provincial Court on Friday. Meyer declined to speak with Global News after the hearing.
If he meets the conditions of his discharge, he will not have a criminal record. The judge conveyed at the hearing that he felt Meyer had learned a lesson.
“I’m not happy with the decision. That’s not what I came here to see. For a person that age beating up on a 16-year-old boy with autism — that’s not what I wanted,” said the victim’s father, Mike Chand, outside the courthouse.
“He’s a bully.”
Sahil Chand was 16 years old at the time of the attack, and told Global News he was out for his usual neighbourhood walk when a stranger pulled up in a vehicle, got out and asked him what he was doing. When Sahil told the man he was just out for a walk, he said the man accused him of trying to steal something from the trunk of his car and attacked him.
“He keeps punching me over and over again. He kicks me in the stomach, picks me back up and knocks me down again,” the teen described in a Jan. 28, 2022 interview.
“He picks me back up and then I try to explain myself, and he says, ‘I don’t believe you.’ He puts me on the ground and then he pulls out his phone and starts filming me, and he tells me to admit what I did wrong on camera.”
When the beating was over, Sahil said the attacker threatened to “pull a bullet in the back of my head” if they ever crossed paths again.
Sahil, who has also Asperger syndrome, suffered non-life-threatening facial injuries and said he’ll need some dental work, but felt he was lucky not to have sustained more serious injuries.
“It broke me. It broke me, honestly,” he explained at the time.
“I feel like I’ve lost my faith in humanity as a whole. I feel like I’ve lost my faith in my neighbourhood. I can’t go for walks anymore. I can’t go out. It’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Meyer and Sahil didn’t know each other at the time of the attack. On Jan. 28 last year, Surrey RCMP confirmed it had arrested a suspect in the case and released him on conditions with a future court date.
Sahil has since resumed his walks, but doesn’t go alone.
Outside the courthouse Friday, Chand said he fears Meyer may repeat his violent behaviour and the attack has affected Sahil “long-term.” He bought a bicycle for his son, he added, so he could exercise indoors instead of outdoors.
“My son is still remembering the days and it’s the reason he’s not here … He refused to come because he didn’t want the flashback of what happened. He was counting on his dad to make sure this happens right, and it didn’t,” Chand said.
“I feel that the system has failed us again, failed every parent that’s trying to take care of their kid, every parent of a kid that has a disability.”
Chand said he doesn’t know how he will explain Friday’s outcome to Sahil.
“They gave him a slap on the hand and let him walk away,” he said.
— with files from Neetu Garcha
https://globalnews.ca/news/10054934/man-sentenced-beating-surrey-teen-2022/ They are not allowing commenting on the website which is bad. The BC1 story said that the much larger White attacker was addicted to booze and pills at the time of the crime that he has since entered rehab. There was no mention of an apology. The victim is Indo pic shows his mouth all bloody.
‘It broke me’: Teen with autism beaten up by adult while out for a walk in Surrey, B.C.
By Elizabeth McSheffrey Global News
Posted January 28, 2022 7:12 pm
Updated October 7, 2022 10:34 am
A Surrey father and son are speaking out, after the teenager, who has autism, was attacked by a man who accused him of committing a crime. Neetu Garcha reports – Jan 28, 2022
A 16-year-old boy who was viciously attacked while out for a walk in Surrey, B.C. is speaking out about the incident, and cautioning members of the public not to go for walks alone.
The teen and his father, who have asked not to be identified for their privacy, believe the disturbing incident was racially-motivated and say the RCMP is investigating the assault.
“I feel this was provoked because of my son’s colour. I don’t know what else would have provoked this,” said the father in an interview with Global News.
“The fear is he could have been dead that night. This person bullied him, beat him — this was an adult.”
The boy said he was walking his usual neighbourhood route around 85A Avenue and 144 Street at 6:16 p.m. on Wednesday, when a man pulled up in his vehicle, got out and asked him what he was doing. When the boy told the man he was just out for a walk, he said the man accused him of trying to steal something from the trunk of his car, and attacked him.
“He keeps punching me over and over again. He kicks me in the stomach, picks me back up and knocks me down again,” the teen told Global News.
“He picks me back up and then I try to explain myself, and he says, ‘I don’t believe you.’ He puts me on the ground and then he pulls out his phone and starts filming me, and he tells me to admit what I did wrong on camera.”
When the beating was over, the teen said the attacker threatened to “pull a bullet in the back of my head” if they ever crossed paths again.
The boy suffered non-life-threatening facial injuries and said he’ll need some dental work, but feels he was lucky not to have sustained more serious injuries.
He now lives in fear, however, and is afraid to walk in his neighbourhood alone.
“It broke me. It broke me, honestly,” he explained. “I feel like I’ve lost my faith in humanity as a whole. I feel like I’ve lost my faith in my neighbourhood. I can’t go for walks anymore. I can’t go out. It’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me.”
The father, who said his son is especially vulnerable because he has Asperger syndrome, said the phone call he received from his son that day describing the attack will haunt him.
“When my son called me, I walked in the house and he said, ‘Dad, dad I just got beat up. Somebody just beat the crap out of me,'” he told Global News, on the verge of tears.
“I asked what happened and then I went to see him. He was bleeding from his face, the police were already there.”
In an emailed statement, Surrey RCMP confirmed it is investigating an assault on a youth. The initial investigation suggests the two parties were previously unknown to each other, said Cpl. Vanessa Munn, and that it was not a random assault.
“Anytime an assault happens it’s concerning, especially when it involves a youth,” she said in an interview.
“Actions like this are completely unacceptable, which is why our investigators are working hard to continue to gather evidence in order to be able to submit a report to Crown counsel and bring this before the courts.”
RCMP say a suspect has been identified, arrested and released on conditions with a future court date.
Meanwhile, both the teen and father are urging members of the public not to walk alone.
“If you’re ever going for a walk, don’t go without a friend,” said the boy.
“My advice is the same as my son’s advice, please be careful walking around the neighbourhood,” his father added.
Both credited the RCMP for its quick response to the attack and its support ever since.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8579514/teen-autism-assault-surrey-bc/
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/120656/spencer-meyer The guy who attacked him for no reason was 26 at the time 6 ft 1 and 207 pds.
https://www.hockeyfights.com/players/19517 Videos of 6 hockey fights he was in in 2013 and 2014.
https://www.merrittcentennials.com/stats/player/1478 Has a pic not a playmaker winger he was.
Would you put money into a slot machine or gamble at the blackjack table if the house never paid out?
Many Canadians are falling victim to online trading sites which offer binary option trading. That’s when you bet on a stock or asset to go up or down, sometimes within minutes or even seconds.
It’s an all or nothing bet. Get it right – you get a predetermined payout. Get it wrong – you lose everything.
And even if it looks like you’re winning, good luck when comes time to collect. Spencer Meyer, a 21-year-old from Surrey, knows how difficult it can be.
“Very easy to get your money in, not so easy to get your money out,” he told CTV News.
He invested about $2,200 in binary option trading on a website called OptionRally and says he was up $27,000. He did get a small payout but then couldn’t collect the rest.
“I saw a thousand dollars of that,” he said.
That was the hook. While he was winning he got his mom, Shelley Spencer, involved too. She put up $16,000.
What they didn’t know is the site wasn’t registered to do business in Canada. The director of enforcement at B.C.’s Securities Commission, Doug Muir, says unfortunately people realize their mistake too late.
“There’s no company in British Columbia or Canada that is authorized to sell binary options,” he said.
And he pointed out that many of the offshore websites are nothing more than fronts and no actual trading ever takes place.
“There’s these teaser results where you may get up early on and that entices you to invest more money. And as you invest more money, that’s the money you don’t get back and that’s how we have some of these catastrophic losses. People losing a lot of money,” Muir said.
“They [staff at OptionRally] would call me: 'Oh, why are you taking out the money Spencer? Why are you taking out the money?'” Meyer said. But when Spencer and his mom caught on, the calls stopped completely.
“Then you do look at yourself as gullible,” Shelley Spencer said.
But many have followed the same path. An effort is now underway to ban binary option trading in Canada.
And a website has been established to warn consumers.
Shelley Spencer was fortunate that her credit card company reversed the charges. However, her son Spencer learned an expensive lesson because he transferred money directly from his account.
“Don’t put your money into a computer unless you know who’s behind it,” he said.
Find out if an individual or company is licensed to sell securities in Canada by clicking here. http://www.aretheyregistered.ca/
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/canadians-taken-for-a-ride-with-online-trading-1.3451817 Has a pic of Spencer Meyer and his Mom.
Some results may have been delisted consistent with local laws. Learn more. For some reason this pops up 5 times in a Google of Spencer's name I use Google thousands of times a year that only happens maybe once every 6 months.
https://justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/criminal/searchAccusedResult.do?serviceId=94660172 No record for Spencer Myer despite just being in court.
https://justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/criminal/searchAccusedResult.do?serviceId=94660208 Same with Jeff Metcalfe the SPS top 4 officer and convicted drunk driver various MSM news reports on that case.
By Elizabeth McSheffrey & Troy Charles Global News
Posted October 27, 2023 6:06 pm
Updated October 28, 2023 1:39 am
A Surrey father and son are speaking out, after the teenager, who has autism, was attacked by a man who accused him of committing a crime. Neetu Garcha reports. A warning, some viewers may find this content disturbing.
A former Saskatchewan hockey player has been given a conditional discharge and sentenced to two years of probation, a 10-year firearms prohibition and a $100-fine for his attack on a teen with autism in Surrey, B.C. last year.
Spencer Meyer, who played briefly for the Western Hockey League’s Prince Albert Raiders between 2011 and 2012, was charged with assault causing bodily harm and two counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm in the Jan. 26, 2022 beating.
He pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm — the only charge reflected in his sentencing at Surrey Provincial Court on Friday. Meyer declined to speak with Global News after the hearing.
If he meets the conditions of his discharge, he will not have a criminal record. The judge conveyed at the hearing that he felt Meyer had learned a lesson.
“I’m not happy with the decision. That’s not what I came here to see. For a person that age beating up on a 16-year-old boy with autism — that’s not what I wanted,” said the victim’s father, Mike Chand, outside the courthouse.
“He’s a bully.”
Sahil Chand was 16 years old at the time of the attack, and told Global News he was out for his usual neighbourhood walk when a stranger pulled up in a vehicle, got out and asked him what he was doing. When Sahil told the man he was just out for a walk, he said the man accused him of trying to steal something from the trunk of his car and attacked him.
“He keeps punching me over and over again. He kicks me in the stomach, picks me back up and knocks me down again,” the teen described in a Jan. 28, 2022 interview.
“He picks me back up and then I try to explain myself, and he says, ‘I don’t believe you.’ He puts me on the ground and then he pulls out his phone and starts filming me, and he tells me to admit what I did wrong on camera.”
When the beating was over, Sahil said the attacker threatened to “pull a bullet in the back of my head” if they ever crossed paths again.
Sahil, who has also Asperger syndrome, suffered non-life-threatening facial injuries and said he’ll need some dental work, but felt he was lucky not to have sustained more serious injuries.
“It broke me. It broke me, honestly,” he explained at the time.
“I feel like I’ve lost my faith in humanity as a whole. I feel like I’ve lost my faith in my neighbourhood. I can’t go for walks anymore. I can’t go out. It’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me.”
Meyer and Sahil didn’t know each other at the time of the attack. On Jan. 28 last year, Surrey RCMP confirmed it had arrested a suspect in the case and released him on conditions with a future court date.
Sahil has since resumed his walks, but doesn’t go alone.
Outside the courthouse Friday, Chand said he fears Meyer may repeat his violent behaviour and the attack has affected Sahil “long-term.” He bought a bicycle for his son, he added, so he could exercise indoors instead of outdoors.
“My son is still remembering the days and it’s the reason he’s not here … He refused to come because he didn’t want the flashback of what happened. He was counting on his dad to make sure this happens right, and it didn’t,” Chand said.
“I feel that the system has failed us again, failed every parent that’s trying to take care of their kid, every parent of a kid that has a disability.”
Chand said he doesn’t know how he will explain Friday’s outcome to Sahil.
“They gave him a slap on the hand and let him walk away,” he said.
— with files from Neetu Garcha
https://globalnews.ca/news/10054934/man-sentenced-beating-surrey-teen-2022/ They are not allowing commenting on the website which is bad. The BC1 story said that the much larger White attacker was addicted to booze and pills at the time of the crime that he has since entered rehab. There was no mention of an apology. The victim is Indo pic shows his mouth all bloody.
‘It broke me’: Teen with autism beaten up by adult while out for a walk in Surrey, B.C.
By Elizabeth McSheffrey Global News
Posted January 28, 2022 7:12 pm
Updated October 7, 2022 10:34 am
A Surrey father and son are speaking out, after the teenager, who has autism, was attacked by a man who accused him of committing a crime. Neetu Garcha reports – Jan 28, 2022
A 16-year-old boy who was viciously attacked while out for a walk in Surrey, B.C. is speaking out about the incident, and cautioning members of the public not to go for walks alone.
The teen and his father, who have asked not to be identified for their privacy, believe the disturbing incident was racially-motivated and say the RCMP is investigating the assault.
“I feel this was provoked because of my son’s colour. I don’t know what else would have provoked this,” said the father in an interview with Global News.
“The fear is he could have been dead that night. This person bullied him, beat him — this was an adult.”
The boy said he was walking his usual neighbourhood route around 85A Avenue and 144 Street at 6:16 p.m. on Wednesday, when a man pulled up in his vehicle, got out and asked him what he was doing. When the boy told the man he was just out for a walk, he said the man accused him of trying to steal something from the trunk of his car, and attacked him.
“He keeps punching me over and over again. He kicks me in the stomach, picks me back up and knocks me down again,” the teen told Global News.
“He picks me back up and then I try to explain myself, and he says, ‘I don’t believe you.’ He puts me on the ground and then he pulls out his phone and starts filming me, and he tells me to admit what I did wrong on camera.”
When the beating was over, the teen said the attacker threatened to “pull a bullet in the back of my head” if they ever crossed paths again.
The boy suffered non-life-threatening facial injuries and said he’ll need some dental work, but feels he was lucky not to have sustained more serious injuries.
He now lives in fear, however, and is afraid to walk in his neighbourhood alone.
“It broke me. It broke me, honestly,” he explained. “I feel like I’ve lost my faith in humanity as a whole. I feel like I’ve lost my faith in my neighbourhood. I can’t go for walks anymore. I can’t go out. It’s the scariest thing that’s ever happened to me.”
The father, who said his son is especially vulnerable because he has Asperger syndrome, said the phone call he received from his son that day describing the attack will haunt him.
“When my son called me, I walked in the house and he said, ‘Dad, dad I just got beat up. Somebody just beat the crap out of me,'” he told Global News, on the verge of tears.
“I asked what happened and then I went to see him. He was bleeding from his face, the police were already there.”
In an emailed statement, Surrey RCMP confirmed it is investigating an assault on a youth. The initial investigation suggests the two parties were previously unknown to each other, said Cpl. Vanessa Munn, and that it was not a random assault.
“Anytime an assault happens it’s concerning, especially when it involves a youth,” she said in an interview.
“Actions like this are completely unacceptable, which is why our investigators are working hard to continue to gather evidence in order to be able to submit a report to Crown counsel and bring this before the courts.”
RCMP say a suspect has been identified, arrested and released on conditions with a future court date.
Meanwhile, both the teen and father are urging members of the public not to walk alone.
“If you’re ever going for a walk, don’t go without a friend,” said the boy.
“My advice is the same as my son’s advice, please be careful walking around the neighbourhood,” his father added.
Both credited the RCMP for its quick response to the attack and its support ever since.
https://globalnews.ca/news/8579514/teen-autism-assault-surrey-bc/
https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/120656/spencer-meyer The guy who attacked him for no reason was 26 at the time 6 ft 1 and 207 pds.
https://www.hockeyfights.com/players/19517 Videos of 6 hockey fights he was in in 2013 and 2014.
https://www.merrittcentennials.com/stats/player/1478 Has a pic not a playmaker winger he was.
Would you put money into a slot machine or gamble at the blackjack table if the house never paid out?
Many Canadians are falling victim to online trading sites which offer binary option trading. That’s when you bet on a stock or asset to go up or down, sometimes within minutes or even seconds.
It’s an all or nothing bet. Get it right – you get a predetermined payout. Get it wrong – you lose everything.
And even if it looks like you’re winning, good luck when comes time to collect. Spencer Meyer, a 21-year-old from Surrey, knows how difficult it can be.
“Very easy to get your money in, not so easy to get your money out,” he told CTV News.
He invested about $2,200 in binary option trading on a website called OptionRally and says he was up $27,000. He did get a small payout but then couldn’t collect the rest.
“I saw a thousand dollars of that,” he said.
That was the hook. While he was winning he got his mom, Shelley Spencer, involved too. She put up $16,000.
What they didn’t know is the site wasn’t registered to do business in Canada. The director of enforcement at B.C.’s Securities Commission, Doug Muir, says unfortunately people realize their mistake too late.
“There’s no company in British Columbia or Canada that is authorized to sell binary options,” he said.
And he pointed out that many of the offshore websites are nothing more than fronts and no actual trading ever takes place.
“There’s these teaser results where you may get up early on and that entices you to invest more money. And as you invest more money, that’s the money you don’t get back and that’s how we have some of these catastrophic losses. People losing a lot of money,” Muir said.
“They [staff at OptionRally] would call me: 'Oh, why are you taking out the money Spencer? Why are you taking out the money?'” Meyer said. But when Spencer and his mom caught on, the calls stopped completely.
“Then you do look at yourself as gullible,” Shelley Spencer said.
But many have followed the same path. An effort is now underway to ban binary option trading in Canada.
And a website has been established to warn consumers.
Shelley Spencer was fortunate that her credit card company reversed the charges. However, her son Spencer learned an expensive lesson because he transferred money directly from his account.
“Don’t put your money into a computer unless you know who’s behind it,” he said.
Find out if an individual or company is licensed to sell securities in Canada by clicking here. http://www.aretheyregistered.ca/
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/canadians-taken-for-a-ride-with-online-trading-1.3451817 Has a pic of Spencer Meyer and his Mom.
Some results may have been delisted consistent with local laws. Learn more. For some reason this pops up 5 times in a Google of Spencer's name I use Google thousands of times a year that only happens maybe once every 6 months.
https://justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/criminal/searchAccusedResult.do?serviceId=94660172 No record for Spencer Myer despite just being in court.
https://justice.gov.bc.ca/cso/criminal/searchAccusedResult.do?serviceId=94660208 Same with Jeff Metcalfe the SPS top 4 officer and convicted drunk driver various MSM news reports on that case.