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Sentencing in vicious attack on Saskatoon wheelchair user

Justin James Crowe has been sentence to prison for a brutal attack in Saskatoon last year on a man who uses a motorized wheelchair. File / Global News

A man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a vicious attack on a Saskatoon wheelchair user.

The attack happened on July 30, 2017 when Justin James Crowe pulled Robert Carignan from his motorized wheelchair while he was walking his dog on Spadina Crescent.

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Carignan suffered a broken jaw, fractured skull, and lost a lot of blood in the brutal beating.

Crowe was arrested nearby and charged with attempted murder, uttering threats, and breach of a court order.

He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of aggravated assault Tuesday in Saskatoon provincial court and sentenced to seven years less 582 days for time served.

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-With files from Meaghan Craig

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