Trial begins for youth charged with attempted murder
LETHBRIDGE – The trial is underway for a man who was charged with attempted murder and sexual assault when he was 17 years old.
The individual – who can’t be named because of his age – is accused in a violent attack on a 45-year old Lethbridge woman last year.
Lethbridge Police say a man entered a home in the 2100 block of Palm Road South just before 5-am on May 3, 2015, sexually assaulted the woman, dragged her outside where the sexual assault continued, then slit her throat and fled the scene.
The victim was taken to hospital where she required immediate surgery.