Inmate charged in Burnside assault

Posted Mar 13, 2015 04:08:55 PM.

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Regional Police have charged a 20-year-old man with assault after an attack at the Burnside jail left another man with life-threatening injuries.

The 19-year-old victim, who’s from Lower Sackville, remains in hospital after Tuesday’s incident at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility.

Police have charged 20-year-old Tyrico Thomas Smith with assault, breach of probation and breach of a recognizance.

He’s due in court in Dartmouth on Monday.

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