Court shows video of Good Samaritan being beaten during Stanley Cup riot

VANCOUVER – A man dubbed a Good Samaritan because of his efforts to fend off looters during Vancouver’s Stanley Cup riot has told the trial of four of his alleged attackers that he suffered injuries for nearly three weeks following the attack.

Robert MacKay was assaulted on June 15, 2011, by a mob outside the Bay department store in downtown Vancouver after he attempted to stop looters from breaking in.

In one video that was played in court, MacKay is seen holding a pole across his body and trying to push a crowd back from a broken department store window.

A group of people are then seen in the video grabbing MacKay from behind and punching him in the head and in the back until he is knocked to the ground, where they appear to kick him until two people move in to help him get up.

Ioannis Kangles, Michael MacDonald, Carlos Barahona Villeda and David Leonati are charged with assault and for participating in a riot.

They have pleaded not guilty and are standing trial on provincial court.