Decision expected following kidnapping and beating incident trial

A decision is expected next month following a trial last week for a central Alberta man accused of abducting and beating a woman last year.

Lionel Richard Twins, 61, of the Louis Bull First Nation, is scheduled to learn the outcome of his trial in Wetaskiwin Court of Queen’s Bench on June 17, 2022.

Twins is charged with attempted murder, kidnapping without a firearm, aggravated assault, flight from police, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, and two counts of assault in the January 2021 incident.

According to Maskwacis RCMP, it began around 11:00 p.m. on Jan. 19, 2021 when officers were called to the Cree Nation community of Pigeon Lake after learning an adult female had been abducted from a residence.