🚨NEW: Haitian woman who bit another woman’s forehead during a vicious attack gets her sentence reduced by Canadian judges to avoid being deported
Macdala Monfiston attacked a woman outside a bar in Laval, Quebec, in December 2022, and left her with a permanent scar on her forehead
Monfiston pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was originally sentenced to four years in prison
She appealed, arguing that the sentence did not properly consider the impact it could have on her immigration status and her four children
The Quebec Court of Appeal agreed to replace the prison sentence with two years less a day to be served in the community
The judges said the original sentence failed to properly consider the immigration consequences and the impact incarceration would have on her family
Monfiston will spend the first 18 months under house arrest, followed by roughly six months under a nighttime curfew