Hawkesbury man charged with attempted murder

By News Staff

Posted Mar 24, 2012 12:03:03 PM.

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A 23-year-old Hawkesbury man has been charged with attempted murder following an attack on a teenage girl.

Hawkesbury OPP say the man climbed into the girl’s house through a second storey balcony and tried to strangle her.

He was reportedly caught by someone living in the house who rushed in to help the girl.

Andrew Kennedy has been charged attempted murder and break and enter among other charges.

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