A man accused of assaulting a musician in Moncton earlier this month has been sent for a psychiatric evaluation.
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Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 27, 2026 2:09 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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Luke Powers, 43, faces a charge of aggravated assault alleging he assaulted a man he knew on March 14 in Moncton. (Luke Powers/Facebook)
A man accused of assaulting a musician in Moncton earlier this month has been sent for a psychiatric evaluation.
Luke Thomas Walter Powers, 43, is accused of aggravated assault on John McLaren, whom he knew, outside a downtown bar on March 14. The charge alleges Powers endangered McLaren’s life.
Powers appeared in Moncton provincial court Friday. Court staff confirmed to Radio-Canada that Powers was ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment at the Restigouche Hospital Centre.
Restigouche is the province’s psychiatric hospital.
Powers admitted in 2014 that he attacked three people with a knife at Eastern College in Fredericton on Jan. 20 of that year.
In that incident,
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