Son Stabs Dad In Eye With Screwdriver

Posted May 16, 2009 12:00 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

A man is in hospital and his son is in custody after a terrifying early-morning attack.

Police allege that the younger man stabbed his father in the eye with a screwdriver. Despite his injuries, the father was able to call emergency crews to his house on Park Home Ave.

They arrived around 4:30am. Officers managed to subdue the suspect, who was then placed under arrest.

The father is expected to survive.

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