Man Pleads Guilty to Attempted Murder in Shocking Attack on Ex-Girlfriend in Cobalt, Ont.

Northern Ontario man pleads guilty to attempted murder in vicious sword attack

A Northern Ontario man turned himself over to the mercy of the courts after attacking his girlfriend with a sword.

Cobalt man pleads guilty to attempted murder in sword attack on teen girlfriend

Phillipe Rivard Gagnon, who was 18 at the time of the attack, admitted in court to trying to kill Kaylie Smith after she got off a bus in Cobalt on Nov. 3, 2024

Man pleads guilty to attempted murder in shocking attack on ex-girlfriend in Cobalt, Ont.

Phillipe Rivard Gagnon pleaded guilty earlier this week in a Haileybury court to attempted murder in a case that shocked residents in November 2024.

Cobalt man pleads guilty to attempted murder in 2024 sword attack on teen girlfriend

Phillipe Rivard Gagnon, who was 18 at the time of the attack, admitted in court to trying to kill Kaylie Smith after she got off a bus in Cobalt on Nov. 3, 2024

Man from northern Ontario town pleads guilty to trying to kill 16-year-old ex-girlfriend with a sword

A man from the northeastern Ontario town of Cobalt has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the sword attack on his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend in 2024. Phillipe Rivard Gagnon, 20, entered the plea in Haileybury court this week.