Man Charged in Weekend Stabbing

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(10:30 a.m.)

At approximately 1 a.m. members of Halifax Regional Police responded to a disturbance call at the Old Mill Tavern located at 200 Wyse Road. in Dartmouth. An altercation between several males had occurred both outside and inside of the establishment and as a result a 35-year-old man sustained several stab wounds to his torso. He was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Yesterday morning, a man was arrested in Dartmouth in connection with this incident.

Forty-year-old Floyd Clayton of North Preston was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon. He appeared in Dartmouth Provincial Court yesterday afternoon.