The moon over the Bay of Fundy along Nova Scotia’s coast on Sept. 6 was one night shy of full but showy enough to attract attention from Mark Grantham, a professional artist, and his partner David Parker, a musician who has played with symphonies around the world.

Outside their home on Highway 1 near Clementsport, about 200 kilometres west of Halifax, they were photographing the moon around 9 p.m., when a Mazda 3 smashed into a guardrail nearby.

The RCMP said Grantham and Parker offered to help the male driver inside, who had allegedly been drinking, but things went crazy.

The driver is accused of beating the two men severely, causing what police described as life-threatening injuries for both, one aged 61 and the other 58.

“Without warning or provocation, a stranger brutally attacked

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