A man who recently completed a 17 year jail term for killing a man was assaulted for his crime at Konedobu today.
Police intervened quickly and arrested a young man in his twenties for assaulting the ex-convict.
The former prisoner was walking up Lawes Road when his assailant struck but police intervened immediately and arrested his attacker.
The ex-convict sustained minor injuries to his head when he was saved by members of Sector Patrol Fox 100.
The young man told police, that his father was stabbed to death at Konedobu.
The policemen told the suspect that it was wrong for him to attack the ex-convict, who was jailed for his crime.
The suspect was taken to Badili Police Station and is expected to be charged for assault.