Lindsay’s man, Ontario, who faces criminal charges for allegedly attacking an intruder in the home is accused of using a knife in the incident, according to judicial documents.
A charges presented by the police on Thursday and reviewed by CBC News identifies the tenant of the apartment as Jeremy David McDonald, 44.
The documents say that McDonald is accused of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon after “endangered the life” of Michael Kyle Breen, 41.
Kawartha Lakes police pre -refused to identify the two men involved in the incident and have not said if the couple was known.
McDonald’s lawyer, Steven Norton, told CBC in an email that his client “maintains his innocence and was acting within his rights to defend himself and his property.”
McDonald “I was doing what anyone would do if they were in his situation of invasion of the house,” Norton said.
Police said they were called to the house at approximately 3:20 am on Monday for an “altercation.” They said that the officers learned that the resident had woken up to find an armed intruder in his department.
There was a fight, police said, and the alleged intruder, now identified as Breen, was seriously injured and transferred by plane to a Toronto hospital.
Police said investigators already sought Breen at the time of the incident. They said that it faces multiple positions in relation to Monday’s incident, including possession of weapons, breakup and entry and robbery.
A representative of the Court of Justice of Ontario in Lindsay, part of the city of Kawartha Lakes, said Thursday afternoon that no charges had occurred under the name of Breen this week. The police have not said what weapon he alleges who exercised during the robbery.
Questions about ‘reasonable’ force
The incident has attracted generalized attention in Ontario.
The federal conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said in a publication on social networks: “If someone enters, you deserve the right to defend your loved ones and your property, full stop.”
Prime Minister Doug Ford suggested the charges present against McDonald Show “Something is broken.”
“I know that if someone breaks into my house or that of another person, you will fight for your life,” Ford told reporters on Wednesday. “This guy has a weapon … you will use any force that you can to protect your family.”
A man faces assault charges after allegedly inflicting injuries that threaten life in an intruder in his home in Lindsay, Ontario. The case has triggered questions about the limits of self -defense in the Canadian law.
Legal experts, however, have indicated that there is a limit for what is considered a reasonable force in a case of self -defense.
“What would be Irazonable,” said former police officer give Jones to CBC News Network, “is when he will submit them on the ground, which are already under control, they hit them continuously or hurt them or stab them.”
“It is not clear if these two individuals were known to each other, who could also play with him,” said Jones, president of the Justice Studies program at Norquest College in Edmonton.
“There are many things we don’t know.”
Kawartha Lakes police chief Kirk Robertson emphasized Wednesday that the Canadian law allows “a person to use a reasonable force to protect themselves and their properties if they believe they face a threat. However, it is important to understand that these rights are not unlimited.”
Robertson said that “researchers were able to examine all the information and evidence that was available, before presenting positions.”
McDonald is scheduled to make his first appearance in court on September 25.
