An Elgin man has been charged with several offences following the alleged aggravated assault and forcible confinement of a woman.
Last Saturday (December 5), Caledonia RCMP responded to a home on Gowland Mountain Road for a wellbeing check.
Police found an injured 56-year-old man and 45-year-old woman when they arrived.
The man was arrested and taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
The woman was treated at the scene by paramedics.
On Wednesday (December 9), 56-year-old James Steeves was charged with the following offences:
- Aggravated assault
- Forcible confinement
- Sexual assault
- Uttering threats
- Overcoming resistance to the commission of an indictable offence
He remains in custody pending a bail hearing on December 23 at 1:30 p.m.
