Client was charged by indictment with aggravated assault with a weapon after an altercation between client, the client’s wife, and the tenant. The allegation was that the client hit the tenant in the head multiple times with a hammer, causing hospitalization and significant critical injuries. The client claimed that he was defending his wife from the tenant and that there was a lengthy history of the tenant threatening him and his family. The matter proceeded to trial in Provincial Court. During the 30-day trial, Mr. Beckett and Ms. Badea challenged the complainant’s evidence, led evidence of the tenant’s lengthy history of threats against the client and his family, and argued that the client acted reasonably in the defence of his wife. The judge found the client – NOT GUILTY