A man in Cobalt, northern Ontario, has admitted to attempting to murder his 16-year-old former girlfriend with a sword two years ago. Phillipe Rivard Gagnon, 20, made the plea at the Haileybury courthouse. The incident occurred on Nov. 3, 2024, when Kaylie Smith was struck by an SUV driven by Gagnon as she was alighting from a transit bus in Cobalt. Following the collision, Gagnon proceeded to assault her with a sword. Reports from Smith’s famil…
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