Inmate, correctional officer charged following alleged assault at N.S. jail

The Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility is shown in this 2007 file photo. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Two people have been charged in connection with an alleged assault between an inmate and correctional service officer at a Dartmouth, N.S., jail earlier this year.

On July 18, Halifax Regional Police received a report of an assault at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility the day before.

According to police, a 47-year-old inmate threw bodily fluids at a correctional service officer. Police say the officer then assaulted the inmate.

The inmate was taken to hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Sheldon Tremont Broome, 47, has been charged with assaulting a peace officer with a weapon. He is scheduled to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date.

Ian MacNeil, 36, has been charged with aggravated assault and is due to appear in Dartmouth provincial court at a later date.