Nugent Charged Over Alleged Attack on Australian MP Helen Haines

Nugent Charged Over Alleged Attack on Australian MP Helen Haines

Brendan Nugent, forty-three, has been charged over an alleged car attack on independent Australian federal lawmaker Helen Haines outside her Wangaratta office in Victoria on Monday. Haines lost one leg and remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition after police allege Nugent made a U-turn and struck her twice with his vehicle.

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