**WARNING – This text accommodates graphic particulars of intimate companion violence and could also be upsetting to some readers
Timmins-James Bay MP Charlie Angus was amongst roughly 120 individuals who gathered Sunday night time for a candlelight vigil close to the scene of a vicious assault in opposition to a 16-year-old in Cobalt.
Round 120 folks gathered in Cobalt, Ont., for a candlelight vigil in honour of a 16-teen-year outdated lady who’s recovering from a vicious assault. Nov. 10, 2024 (Charlie Angus)
Kaylie Smith was getting off the bus on the intersection of Higher Helen Avenue and Prospect Avenue in Cobalt round 6 p.m. Nov. 3 when her ex-boyfriend allegedly hit her together with his automotive earlier than getting out and attacking her with a sword, Ontario Provincial Police mentioned.
Her left hand was severed within the assault.
Phillip Rivard Gagnon, 18, allegedly fled the scene in his automobile and was arrested on Algonquin Drive within the Haileybury space of Temiskaming Shores shortly after.
Gagnon was serving a conditional sentence when he was charged with tried homicide, aggravated assault and weapons possession.
Police are calling the assault a case of intimate companion violence.
“The City of Cobalt got here out tonight in a wonderful show of affection for Kaylie Smith,” Angus mentioned in a social media submit.
Kaylie Smith, 16, is in hospital in Ottawa after struggling a brutal assault on Nov. 3 in Cobalt, Ont. (Paige Smith)
“Horrific violence has taken place, however now could be the time for solidarity, group and therapeutic. We gentle candles to inform darkness that it has no dominion over us.”
A web based fundraising marketing campaign has raised greater than $94,000 in a single week.
The cash raised will assist help her household, cowl any authorized charges or anything she would possibly want throughout her restoration.
Smith is awake and steady in hospital in Ottawa.
Ontario Chronicle is naming the sufferer on the request of her household.
Kaylie Smith, 16, is in hospital in Ottawa after struggling a brutal assault on Nov. 3 in Cobalt, Ont. (Paige Smith)
Gagnon stays in custody and is scheduled to look in court docket Nov. 12 in Haileybury.
Not one of the charges laid in opposition to him on Nov. 3 have been confirmed in court docket.
A protest is deliberate for out of doors the courthouse Tuesday morning calling for the choose to disclaim bail for the accused.
Candlelight vigil held for Kaylie Smith, 16, close to the place she was viciously attacked on Nov. 3. Nov. 10, 2024 (Sue Nielsen)
Candlelight vigil held for Kaylie Smith, 16, close to the place she was viciously attacked on Nov. 3. Nov. 10, 2024 (Sue Nielsen)
Candlelight vigil held for Kaylie Smith, 16, close to the place she was viciously attacked on Nov. 3. Nov. 10, 2024 (Sue Nielsen)
Candlelight vigil held for Kaylie Smith, 16, close to the place she was viciously attacked on Nov. 3. Nov. 10, 2024 (Sue Nielsen)
Candlelight vigil held for Kaylie Smith, 16, close to the place she was viciously attacked on Nov. 3. Nov. 10, 2024 (Sue Nielsen)
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