The victim will be financially exhausted proving his case to a system that already believes that he is guilty:
The Lindsay, Ont., man charged in an early-morning break-in last week wielded a crossbow in the incident and was out on probation at the time, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
The violent episode on Aug. 18 — which led to charges laid against both the alleged intruder, Michael Kyle Breen, and the home's resident, Jeremy David McDonald — set off a cross-Canada debate over what constitutes legal self-defence.
According to a charge sheet, Breen, 41, destroyed a window and screen at McDonald's home in Lindsay, part of the city of Kawartha Lakes, in Ontario cottage country. Breen is charged with four counts, including break-and-enter and carrying a weapon — the crossbow — to commit an offence. He is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing next week. ...
McDonald, 44, is charged with aggravated assault and assault with a weapon — allegedly a knife.
It would have been easier for Mr. McDonald to let Mr. Breen kill him.
Allegedly.
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