Needle Vinyl Tavern Sentencing

The owner of the now closed needle vinyl tavern has been handed an 18 month suspended sentence for sexual assault.

Needle vinyl tavern sentencing.

James leder pleaded guilty to. James leder formerly one of three owners of the needle vinyl tavern entered the guilty plea in edmonton provincial court friday. Former needle vinyl tavern owner james leder previously pleaded guilty to sexual. The sentencing hearing for the former owner of an edmonton bar who sexually assaulted an employee began on thursday.

Edmonton the owner of a new jasper ave. A former employee of the needle vinyl tavern said it was demeaning humiliating and damaging when james leder groped her four times in front of customers and other employees in march 2017. Music venue maintains he has no connection to a disgraced co owner of the former needle vinyl tavern after a series of posters appeared downtown. Edmonton a judge has reserved his decision in sentencing a former owner of the needle vinyl tavern after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a co worker in june.

James leder was sentenced thursday after he previously pleaded guilty to assaulting the worker at the now closed needle vinyl tavern in march 2017. Carly robinson has more on the sentencing of james leder. The woman who went public with her story of being sexual assault by the owner of the now closed needle vinyl tavern read a victim impact statement to a packed courtroom of supporter of the man who groped her. The court heard leder was drinking and was not working the night of the assault but his victim was on shift.

A former co owner of the defunct needle vinyl tavern should serve a 30 day jail sentence after pleading guilty to one count of sexual assault for inappropriately touching one of his female. James leder had previously pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting an employee at.