Eric Bethune, 74, and Astrid Maria Secreve, 76, receive suspended sentence after pouring coffee on café floor and making racist statements over COVID\u002D19 restrictions
, 74-year-old Eric Bethune and 76-year-old Astrid Maria Secreve entered Rocanini Coffee Roasters on March 29, 2021 and ordered two extra-hot mochas and one lemon square. At that time a provincial health order was in place limiting the number of people who could be seated inside any restaurant or café.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.
Court heard that the pair then tried to leave the café, while Tan grabbed the back of Secreve’s sweater and yanked Bethune’s arm. Tan then started a video recording on her phone as the two left. During a verbal exchange back and forth, Bethune restated Secreve’s racist abuse, adding “The coronavirus is you”, while Tan retorted “You’re f–cking racist.”
Bethune said that he felt sorry the incident had occurred, but felt victimized and that he had been pushed into the situation.“This was a brazen and disrespectful mischief, which disrupted a private business on private property. It disturbed the comfort of other customers,” Vandor wrote in her ruling.
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