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A London man faces a charge of assault with a weapon, following an alleged altercation outside of the Barking Frog that sent him to hospital with serious injuries.
Michael Crowe, the father of 20-year-old Connor Crowe, said his son approached the bar — lit cigarette in hand — and was denied entry for the second time the evening of July 2 when the incident happened.
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Crowe said his son spent nearly two weeks in hospital after the incident, with a broken jaw and an infection, hooked up to breathing and eating tubes.
London Police Const. Sandasha Bough told AM980 that after reviewing surveillance footage of the incident, police have charged the 20-year-old with a single count of assault with a weapon.
Michael Lerner, a lawyer who represents the Barking Frog, has seen the same video.
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“Mr. Crowe viewed the video, the same video which the police relied on to lay a criminal charge, and apparently sees it differently than I see it and the police see it.”
Michael Crowe put a photo of his son and wrote about the incident on Facebook in the aftermath of the altercation. The original post has more than 1,800 shares.
Lerner said the Barking Frog doesn’t intend to participate in a “social media debate,” but they’ve served Michael Crowe with notice under the Libel and Slander Act.
Connor Crowe was released from the hospital last week, and he’s currently out on bail.
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