BANGOR (AP) — A Bangor man accused of assaulting and blinding his pregnant girlfriend has been found not criminally responsible by reason of insanity.
WABI-TV reported (http://bit.ly/1UAQVGV ) 36-year-old Joshua Cole has been ordered by a judge to be committed to a state mental health facility. He had waived a jury trial earlier this year.
Authorities say they were dispatched in August 2014 for a report of a family fight and found the victim with severe injuries. Neighbors said at the time they tried to stop Cole from assaulting them, but he fought them off.
Cole didn’t deny the attack but his mental health was in question. A witness testified that Cole was chanting about the devil at one point.
The woman lost an eye in the attack. Her unborn baby wasn’t injured.
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