Wagmatcook Provincial Court; photo courtesy Adam Rodgers
An Eskasoni man was in court for sentencing in relation to assault charges on Thursday.
Police say officers responded to multiple 911 calls of a man being chased by two other men on Portage Rd. in We’koqma’q in August 2019; that was followed by more 911 calls reporting a hit-and-run on Hwy. 105 in the area, which was related to the first incident.
They say the victim was taken to Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP say they arrested two men and a woman at a home in the community.
Joshua Lindsay Paul, 28, heard his sentencing in Wagmatcook Provincial Court on Thursday.
Paul originally faced counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and obstruction and multiple breach charges; he was found guilty of aggravated assault last July.
He was sentenced to two years probation, 100 hours of community service, to be completed by Sept. 1, 2022, and received a 10-year firearm prohibition.
Also involved in the incident was Robert Lindsay Paul, 36, who was previously sentenced for aggravated assault, receiving two years, eight months in prison.
Jenilee Kaitlyn Francis, 19, of Eskasoni recieved a conditional sentence.
Police say the suspects and victim were known to each other, and it’s not considered a random act.
