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Charge of Utter Threat withdrawn prior to setting trial date, Milton. P.H. and his neighbour had bad relations. The neighbour alleged that P.H. made racially charged comments full of hatred against him and threatened to hurt him. The utter threat was labelled as hate crime and was taken very seriously by police. In addition, the neighbour presented text messages to the police that could be interpreted to confirm the discriminatory hatred against the neighbor. P.H. retained Mariya Protsenko of Neuberger and Partners, Toronto Criminal Lawyers to defend him. Mariya received disclosure and studied it carefully including the statement of neighbour. Mariya sought from the client a detailed history between him and the complainant including other messages disclosing the true nature of their disputes. Further, the client provided letters from his co-workers, friends, family members and other neighbours that contradicted the complainant’s version of events. Mariya provided defence disclosure including a proper read of the full history of messages demonstrating that the text messages could be read as not discriminatory in nature given the full context. Accordingly, the Crown Attorney withdrew the charge when the client entered into a common law peace bond.