A 24-year-old man who assaulted a Hasidic Jewish father in front of his three young children at a Montreal park has been found not criminally responsible.

The ruling, made by a Quebec Court judge Monday, comes after a psychiatric assessment found that Sergio Yanes Preciado was suffering from a mental disorder, likely schizophrenia, at the time of the attack and was incapable of understanding that his actions were wrong.

Preciado had been charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm after the Aug. 8 attack in the Parc-Extension neighbourhood, which was captured on video by a witness.

The victim, 32, was walking in Dickie-Moore Park with his three young children when Preciado sprayed water at him, according to the psychiatric assessment. The father then advanced toward Preciado

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