A Port Alberni couple and another man have been charged after the trio filmed the takedown of a 28-year-old man they say arrived to have sex with their 13-year-old daughter.
The incident is alleged to have happened at a Port Alberni home on April 12, 2018.
Hog-tied and face down on the ground, the man’s image was streamed on Facebook Live for the world to see.
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Acumen Law criminal lawyer Kyla Lee, who is not connected to the case, said the courts will look at the issue of self-defence – and whether the actions of the accused were reasonable to protect the child or whether they went too far.
“The big question will become at trial — whether or not their actions were reasonable in protecting their child and that’s going to be what this case is decided on,” she said.
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