An Ontario justice sentenced a 46-year-old Hamilton woman to two years probation after she pleaded guilty to four assaults, including three police described in May as "hate-motivated."

"Yes, I did those four things," Melissa Deman said, when asked about the assaults in a Hamilton courtroom July 11. She opted not to say more about the crimes when Justice Fergus O'Donnell sentenced her.

According to a joint submission by the crown and defence, Deman assaulted her neighbour outside his home on Nov. 1, and three strangers on May 12 and 13. It was on the latter dates that she used racist slurs during the attacks.

In announcing her arrest, Hamilton Police Service said Deman "could be heard uttering anti-Black hate speech," when she attacked people who were between the ages of 14 and 24, one o

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