Crown attorneys are reviewing assault charges laid by police against a Lindsay, Ont., man accused of attacking a home invader last month after an overnight break-in.

A prosecutor on Thursday told Ontario Court of Justice in Lindsay — part of the city of Kawartha Lakes — the Crown is reviewing evidence and still needs to "make its determinations about how the matter will proceed."

The development leaves a question mark over the high-profile case that set off a cross-country debate over the use of force and self-defence in one's own home.

Kawartha Lakes police said they were called to an apartment at 3:20 a.m. ET on Aug. 18 after the tenant awoke to find an intruder in his home and a fight broke out.

According to court documents, Jeremy David McDonald, 44, wielded a knife and "did endang

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