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She said the man, since identified by police as Jeremy Undershute, was wearing a mask but loudly and profanely yelling about the requirement to wear one, calling the servers and customers 香蕉视频直播渟heep.香蕉视频直播�
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Comeau, who is the financial controller for the hotel, told him they wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 serve him because he was bullying the staff. She told Undershute to leave and he refused.
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Undershute then allegedly spat on her before leaving. Comeau followed him until the police apprehended him two blocks away.
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Staff Sgt. Brian Weber of the Nelson City Police says the police have asked the Crown for an assault charge as well as a charge of abusive and belligerent behaviour under the COVID-19 Related Measures Act, but the Crown has not yet approved these charges.
Undershute is already scheduled for a Jan. 19 court appearance for charges of assault, resisting arrest, and causing a disturbance following a similar incident in a different location in downtown Nelson in August.
After the incident at Empire Coffee, Comeau香蕉视频直播檚 first concern was to clean herself up.
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Then she walked two blocks on an errand and on her way back had to stop and rest because of chest pain and shortness of breath.
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She remembers having a heart attack at the hotel 香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淭hat香蕉视频直播檚 a pain you never forget香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� but after entering the ambulance her memory is spotty. She remembers little about the trip to Kelowna, then nothing until four days later when she was taken out of an induced coma. She came home to Salmo four days after that, on Nov. 28.
Piecing the day香蕉视频直播檚 events together later, Comeau says after the initial heart attack she had three cardiac arrests the same day.
It has not been proven in court that the incident directly caused Comeau香蕉视频直播檚 heart attacks.
But she said several of her doctors told her they thought it did, and she said one of them wrote a letter to the police stating this opinion.
Independently of the medical opinion, Comeau is convinced the two are connected.
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Since arriving home she香蕉视频直播檚 been dealing with confusion, limited mobility and pain, and she was taken to Kootenay Boundary Hospital again on Dec. 10 and on Dec. 23 with complications. Her husband has had to stay home and look after her. As of Dec. 28, Comeau said she felt about 60-to-70 per cent recovered.
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bill.metcalfe@nelsonstar.com
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