- Crime Correspondent
Assault victim seeks asylum
BRANDON, MANITOBA—Local farmer, Starewell McLintoch, needed emergency surgery last week following a vicious assault that left him with a broken foot, severe whiplash and a dislocated prostate.
According to a police report, the assault took place when the fifty two year-old polygamist was caught cheating in his workshop by three of his five wives. Mr. McLintoch has categorically denied any infidelity, claiming instead that he was simply teaching a local waitress how to use his cotton picker.
Friends of Mr. McLintoch’s claimed that in the run-up to the assault Mr. McLintock had been complaining about the tedium of married life, a claim supported by his marriage guidance counsellor.
A spokesman for McLintoch’s wives reiterated the shock, dismay and anger felt by his clients. Meanwhile, a judge will decide in the next few days whether to approve their claims for damages and Mr. McLintoch’s application for permanent asylum at the local hospital.