Assault charges dropped against Ontario man who confronted home intruder
Hmmm. The article indicates a broken window, and further ‘medical and forensic evidence’. If the broken window was the point of access, it might indicate that a lot of the cuts sustained by the alleged intruder could be traced to the broken glass. That fact would change the entire scenario. It then becomes ‘much ado about nothing’.
Read the article bud.
Crown attorney Sarah Repka told the court on Thursday that prosecutors have since been able to review further evidence, including medical records and the results of forensic testing, that were not available to police when they first laid charges.
At the time that the charges were brought, the evidence suggested he may have broken the law. New evidence made it sufficiently clear that he hadn’t. That’s a really big part of how prosecutions work.
We have a very simple principle here; proportionate response. Someone tries to beat the crap out of you, you got every right to beat the crap out of him. Someone pulls a knife on you, you can pull a knife on him. Someone attacks you with enough physical force and threat that you’re in fear of your life, you can do what it takes to protect yourself. And it’s very, very rare that cases like this even get prosecuted, because the law and the courts are very generous to the defendant.
You can absolutely defend yourself in Canada. We just don’t like the idea of people gunning down a teenager for the crime of ringing their doorbell.
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Ricky Rigatoni