Murder charge laid in deadly summer assault on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – BC

Vancouver police say a man has been charged with murder over a deadly assault in August.

Jordan Povse, 23, died after being found in medical distress near Main and Hastings streets early in the morning of Aug. 9.

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At the time, police said he was the victim of a “serious assault,” and that he and his attacker knew one another.

On Wednesday, police said the Crown had charged Alfred Henry John Charlie, 43, with second-degree murder.

Charlie’s next appearance in Vancouver Provincial Court is scheduled for Nov. 25.