Two men facing charges following a pair of incidents at an Inverness Co. First Nations community are scheduled to return to court Tuesday.
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; 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, 27, and Robert Lindsay Paul, 35, both from Eskasoni, originally faced counts of attempted murder, aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and obstruction, with Joshua Paul also facing multiple breach charges; they made their first appearance in the case in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court the day after their arrests.
A preliminary inquiry, which determines if there is enough evidence to send their cases to trial, was scheduled for Wagmatcook Provincial Court in February.
The Crown withdrew their attempted murder charges; the men eventually waived their rights to the hearing later in the day, and were committed to stand trial.
The trial opened with testimony from four witnesses June 15; both men were sent back into custody, and it’s expected to continue in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court at 11 a.m.
Jenilee Kaitlyn Francis, 19, of Eskasoni has been charged with the same three counts, plus a count of attempted murder; she is free on conditions, and is expected for a status update in Port Hawkesbury Provincial Court July 14.
Police say the suspects and victim were known to each other, and it wasn’t considered a random act.
