A 23-year-old man is facing charges after what police are describing as a “serious assault’ in Pictou County last month.
RCMP say that on Jan. 28, officers responded to a complaint about an assault inside a home on Merigomish Road in Linacy, N.S.
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Inside, a 17-year-old man was found inside the home, having sustained serious head and facial injuries. The youth was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
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Police say that they later arrested James Kirk Sim, 23, of Thorburn, N.S., in connection with the incident.
He has now been charged with aggravated assault, uttering threats and assault.
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Sim is scheduled to appear in Pictou Provincial Court on April while the victim remains in hospital in Halifax with serious injuries.
Police say their investigation is ongoing.
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