Man in brutal sex attacks a ‘poster child’ for child welfare failures: defence
WINNIPEG — A man who brutally beat and sexually assaulted a Winnipeg woman and a teenage girl in random, separate attacks deserves a prison sentence, but not a life sentence, his lawyer told court Friday.
Justin Hudson, 22, is himself a victim of Manitoba’s child welfare system and suffered severe neglect and abuse as a youngster, Amanda Sansregret told his sentencing hearing.
“If there was ever a failure of Child and Family Services to protect a child, Mr. Hudson could be a poster child,” she said.
Hudson, along with a co-accused who is being sentenced separately, have pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault for the attacks in November 2014 that made national headlines for their brutality.