Keswick Ridge woman admits to serious assault
Cyndi Lofstrom, 21, originally charged with aggravated assault, but pleaded guilty Wednesday to lesser count of assault causing bodily harm
A Keswick Ridge woman will be sentenced this fall after admitting Wednesday to committing a serious assault at the outset of the year.
Cyndi Lofstrom, 21, of Tripp Settlement Road, appeared in Fredericton provincial court to face an indictable charge of aggravated assault on Jordan McIntyre, alleged to have occurred Jan. 7 in Keswick Ridge.
Defence lawyer Charlotte Cowley said her client was electing to be tried in provincial court and maintaining a not-guilty plea on that count, but she was offering a guilty plea to the lesser, included offence of assault causing bodily harm.
In general terms, an aggravated assault is one in which a victim is wounded, maimed or disfigured in some way, or in which the victim’s life is endangered. Bodily harm is some sort of lasting physical injury.
The defence asked for a pre-sentence report, and prosecutor Brett Standord requested the preparation of a victim-impact statement as well.
Judge Scott Brittain ordered both documents be prepared for the court’s consideration at sentencing, which he scheduled for Nov. 10.
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