A Sudbury teen who choked his girlfriend as passing motorists watched, then assaulted a woman on a bicycle moments later, has been given a conditional discharge.

Ayden Knoll, 19, pleaded guilty in Sudbury court to assault by choking and assault. Despite the discharge, he will be on a short leash thanks to a three-year probation order that includes a condition that he takes treatment for alcohol abuse, domestic violence, grief/bereavement, and anger management.

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Knoll will not have a criminal record provided he stays out of the courts over the next three years.

“I understand I was harsh to you today,” Ontario Court Justice Tanya Farkouh Martin told Knoll. “But, you are a young man who comes before the court with no prior record. We want to ensure that … this does not h

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