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He also argues that he didn't intend to hurt his son and took many safety precautions including consulting doctors (who advised him against it) and reading about circumcision online.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.torontosun.com/2012/11/15/top-court-to-hear-case-of-man-who-gave-his-son-a-botched-circumcision-with-a-carpet-blade-at-home | title=Top court to hear case of man who gave his son a botched circumcision with a carpet blade at home | last= | first= | publisher= | work= | date=2012-11-15 | accessdate=2012-11-16
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| Title=Carissima Mathen, law professor at the University of Ottawa | Text=When you have something like this where, on an objective basis, the benefits of this procedure are mixed, and it seems like the primary motivation for circumcising your son is cultural or religious, are those beliefs something that we should factor into whether this a reasonable thing for someone to have done? It raises questions such as why is it, in fact, that we permit infant circumcision? | Author= | Source=Canada.com | ref=<ref>[http://www.canada.com/court+hears+botched+home+circumcision+case+Friday/7555676/story.html#ixzz2CRpN8ArG Canada.com, Court hears botched home circumcision case, 2012-11-16]</ref>
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D.J.W. was found guilty in 2009 of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, but was acquitted of two other charges. The B.C. Court of Appeal stayed the conviction and upped the charge to aggravated assault and assault with a weapon.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.canada.com/court+hears+botched+home+circumcision+case+Friday/7555676/story.html#ixzz2CRpN8ArG | title=Court hears botched home circumcision case | last= | first= | publisher= | work= | date=2012-11-16 | accessdate=2012-11-16
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According to the Crown, the father lacked the medical skills to perform a circumcision. He tried to circumcise himself in 2005 using a Zhenxi ring, or circumcision ring. It wasn't successful and the father had to be rushed to a hospital.<ref>{{REFweb
| quote= | url=http://www.canmoreleader.com/2012/11/16/man-who-botched-sons-home-circumcision-guilty-of-criminal-negligence | title=B.C. man who botched son's home-circumcision guilty of criminal negligence, top court rules | last= | first= | publisher= | work= | date=2012-11-16 | accessdate=2012-11-16
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| Title=The Crown | Text=This is a case about child abuse, this is not a case about the applicant's religious freedom or circumcision generally. | Author= | Source= | ref=<ref name="MontrealGazette">[http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Father+circumcised+kitchen+floor+loses+high+court+appeal/7561185/story.html#ixzz2CRhnHavl Father who circumcised his son on the kitchen floor loses high court appeal, 2012-11-16]</ref>
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| Title=The Factum | Text=The appellant's actions were performed with reasonable cause ... and without intent to assault or in any way harm his son | Author= | Source=Montreal Gazette | ref=<ref name="MontrealGazette"/>
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