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Charge of Assault withdrawn prior to trial, Newmarket. S.J. was charged with Assault arising from S.J.’s daughter having an altercation with a classmate. Later on, the mother of the classmate came to the house of S.J. to talk about the altercation. The two had an argument and S.J. ended up striking the classmate on her face. Then S.J. and the mother of the classmate started to fight with each other. Afterward, the mother of the classmate called police. Police arrived, spoke to the classmate and her mother after which S.J was charged with one count of Assault. S.J. retained Mariya Protsenko and Daisy Zhang of Neuberger and Partners, Criminal Lawyers Toronto, to represent her. Mariya spoke to S.J. in length and received the background story for the altercation between S.J.’s daughter and the classmate. Mariya had a pre-trial with the prosecutor where she presented S.J.’s side of the story with some corroborating information gathered during the defence investigation. An agreement was made for S.J. to complete conflict management therapy and upon completion the charge was formally withdrawn.