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5 Toronto detention centre guards charged with aggravated assault in alleged attack on inmate

File photo of the Toronto South Detention Centre.
File photo of the Toronto South Detention Centre. Global News

TORONTO – Police have charged five guards from the Toronto South Detention Centre with aggravated assault.

The alleged incident occurred on Dec. 20.

Police say six correctional officers at the centre assaulted a prisoner.

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They say the sixth man will be charged at a later date.

Police provided no other details of the alleged attack.

They say the five charged guards will appear in court on April 20.

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