A weekend assault that sent a 51-year old Dartmouth man to hospital stems from teenagers on the victim’s property, according to police.
Police say they received reports of an assault on Irvine Street in south-end Dartmouth just after 5:30 p.m. on Sunday. Police found the victim, who was beaten with a piece of wood, upon arriving on the scene.
He was transported to the QEII Health Sciences Centre with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
“(The) individual came across a group of youths on his property and when he made an inquiry to them, he was assaulted,” alleged police spokesman Const. Brian Palmeter.
According to Palmeter, it doesn’t appear to police the man took an aggressive stance toward the youth on his own property.
“This guy didn’t really do anything,” Palmeter said. “(There is) nothing to indicate he did anything, that he threatened (or) challenged them really.”
A 14-year old male appeared in Halifax Provincial Court yesterday for one charge of aggravated assault. He was released on $50 bail, and will make another appearance on April 8.
A second male is being sought by police in relation to the incident.
