Mount Royal University hockey star charged in break-in and violent attack on MRU professor
Victim was beaten with broom handle before escaping to seek help from neighbours
By Meghan Grant, CBC News
Posted: Jan 20, 2018 11:37 AM MT Last Updated: Jan 20, 2018 2:12 PM MT
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A Mount Royal University student and the former captain of its hockey team has been charged in a brutal attack on an MRU professor after a break-in at her Calgary home last weekend, CBC News has learned.
Originally from Truro, N.S., Matthew Brown, 26, is facing charges of assault with a weapon and break-and-enter after a faculty member was brutalized with a broom handle, according to sources. The business student, who used to play in the QMJHL, is currently suspended and not allowed on campus, according to the university.
The victim, who is in her mid-60s, has a broken hand, requires surgery and also suffered torn tendons and severe bruising.
The victim woke from a deep sleep after what sounded like an explosion, which was her glass door being smashed. She got up to investigate and was immediately attacked by a naked man who hit her repeatedly with a broom handle.
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The family has been told police believe the suspect may have been on drugs at the time of the attack.
Same reason we have threads for any local people or hockey players on a local, hockey forum. A local story, and one of a former hockey player are going to garner more attention than the thousands of similar stories that aren't local or hockey related.
Former Mount Royal hockey captain charged in break-in and violent attack on MRU prof
