Nearly six years after a home invasion and machete attack at a beachfront estate in Oak Bay, B.C., two men are facing charges in the crime.
Kaspar Handspiker, 30, was arrested Sunday near Maple Ridge, B.C. He is charged with aggravated assault, breaking and entering and committing an indictable offence.
His alleged accomplice, Christopher Standell, 52, is charged with attempting to commit an offence or acting as an accessory after the fact. The charges stem from an April 25, 2017, robbery in which a lone intruder broke into a house in the 2500-block of Esplanade Road, near Willows Beach, and repeatedly slashed a woman with what police described as a machete.Nermeen Alireza, 45, was rushed to hospital where she would undergo surgeries to reattach three fingers and insert steel plates in her shattered arm. She also suffered a dislocated shoulder and required stitches and staples in her head.
"This high-profile, vicious attack had a significant impact in our community," Oak Bay police Chief Mark Fisher said in a statement Thursday. "Supporting this investigation has been a priority for our department and I hope that these charges bring some level of comfort to the victim and those impacted by this crime."
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