<p data-async="">“No bail straight to jail” and “Canada stop freeing monsters” were just some of the phrases written on signs held by protesters in St. Catherines, Ont. today, ahead of a bail hearing for a <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;Welland man accused of breaking&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/welland-police-say-a-man-broke-into-a-home-and-choked-and-sexually-assault-a-young-child-and-left&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/welland-police-say-a-man-broke-into-a-home-and-choked-and-sexually-assault-a-young-child-and-left">Welland man accused of breaking</a> into a home and sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl.</p>

The purpose of the protest was to raise awareness about implementing "stricter sentencing for violent offenders and child predators."{ai:summary}<p>Protesters in St. Catherines, Ont., carried signs like "No bail straight to jail" and "Canada stop freeing monsters" ahead of a bail hearing. A Welland man is accused of breaking into a home and sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl. #crime</p>

'No bail straight to jail': Protests ahead of hearing for Welland man accused of child sex assault

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