A former City of Ottawa lawyer who pleaded guilty to vandalizing the National Holocaust Monument earlier this year will be handed a sentence in January.

Crown and defence lawyers agreed to reconvene Jan. 7 to receive Superior Court Justice Anne London-Weinstein’s decision after an assignment court hearing Friday.

Defence lawyer Michael Spratt said Iain Aspenlieder remains in custody after he requested to go back to the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre at a hearing Monday.

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Aspenlieder made the unusual request because he said his onerous bail conditions had caused undue hardship on his family. He had been granted bail pending sentencing after pleading guilty on July 25.

Spratt told the court that this was the first time a client

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