Rory
09-12-07, - 03:52 AM
A shovel-wielding Good Samaritan who came to the aid of a 16-year-old sexual assault victim says he was told the assault was part of a gang initiation.
The Saskatoon man said he and his father were walking to their garage in the city's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood at about 10 p.m. Monday when they heard a woman scream.
When they went to investigate, they saw a man on top of a young woman, who was screaming.
"He started to hit her so we ran up," said Stephen, who didn't want to give his last name out of concern over gang reprisals. "There was three of us — the neighbour from downstairs and my father and me — and we started yelling at this guy."
Stephen said the attacker was trying to pull up his pants as he tried to get away.
Stephen chased him over a fence and through the next few backyards, then found a shovel.
"He said, 'Don't hit me. I'm getting jumped into a gang and this is what I have to do.' And that's when I proceeded to hit him with the shovel," Stephen said.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/08/28/gang-attack.html
The Saskatoon man said he and his father were walking to their garage in the city's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood at about 10 p.m. Monday when they heard a woman scream.
When they went to investigate, they saw a man on top of a young woman, who was screaming.
"He started to hit her so we ran up," said Stephen, who didn't want to give his last name out of concern over gang reprisals. "There was three of us — the neighbour from downstairs and my father and me — and we started yelling at this guy."
Stephen said the attacker was trying to pull up his pants as he tried to get away.
Stephen chased him over a fence and through the next few backyards, then found a shovel.
"He said, 'Don't hit me. I'm getting jumped into a gang and this is what I have to do.' And that's when I proceeded to hit him with the shovel," Stephen said.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/08/28/gang-attack.html