The chief of police in Peterborough, Ont., says to let the evidence in court speak for itself in relation to both a convenience store clerk and a suspect being charged in a violent robbery attempt last week.
Peterborough Police Service Chief Stuart Betts spoke about public reaction to the incident in which a robbery suspect allegedly first struck the clerk with a bat inside the store. But then the clerk obtained the bat, and followed the suspect outside the store and allegedly struck him multiple times, seriously injuring the suspect.
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