MOUNT PEARL, N.L. –
Mount Pearl resident Bailey Rempel says life for her and her young family simply hasn’t been the same since her husband was assaulted by a group of young people at after-school pick-up in late November.
“There are things that don’t make it into the headlines,” she told a public meeting of concerned citizens this week. “How my husband hasn’t been able to work a full day yet, and how our house stays dark now because the lights make his head hurt.”
“I had to go down to the school multiple times to calm my kids the day that they want back,” she added. “They haven’t been back to after-school care and they haven’t been back to Girl Guides.”
Rempel’s husband was one of two male victims of what police have a described as random attacks on Nov. 22, 2024. Both men were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
It followed …