Assault charge laid in alleged homophobic beating of Nanaimo student – BC
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A 19-year-old man has been charged with assault in an alleged off-campus assault on a Nanaimo college scholar.
Spencer Frey, who used to attend Vancouver Island College, was at a celebration on Nanaimo’s Previous Slope Place on March 27 when the incident occurred.
He stated somebody started hurling homophobic slurs at him inside minutes of arriving.
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He stated he responded to the person then walked away, however issues escalated earlier than he may even depart the home.
“Then a brief boy faucets on my shoulder after which I blacked out,” he stated.
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Frey stated he was punched within the head and thrown on the bottom, the place others joined in on the beating, earlier than folks had been capable of break the altercation up.
The assault left him with vital bruising on his face.
Spencer Frey exhibits off the bruising and harm to his eye.
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A 19-year-old later turned himself in to police. Courtroom information now point out Ryan John Seaman has been charged with assault within the case.
Nanaimo RCMP investigated the assault as a doable hate crime, and Frey believes its clear he was attacked for being homosexual.
“It’s like fully unacceptable and it’s horrible that homosexual folks have to concentrate on this at events simply once they’re simply making an attempt to have enjoyable identical to everyone else,” he stated.
