Man slashes throat in Alberta courtroom
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A courtroom in this community south of Edmonton turned into a scene of bloody chaos yesterday when a convicted fraud artist began slashing his throat when he learned he was going to jail.
BY TIMES COLONIST (VICTORIA) SEPTEMBER 23, 2006
WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A courtroom in this community south of Edmonton turned into a scene of bloody chaos yesterday when a convicted fraud artist began slashing his throat when he learned he was going to jail.
Robert McDougall, 57, of Ponoka, Alta., had apparently concealed a blade inside a splint on one of his fingers, McDougall's lawyer Robbie Davidson said afterward. Court workers said McDougall will survive.
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