New Zealand man Troy George Skinner has been released from medical care after being shot while breaking into the Virginia home of a teenager he met online.
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Skinner was receiving medical treatment in an intensive care unit after he was shot in the neck by the mother of the 14-year-old girl he had been talking with online.
Police have now transported Skinner from VCU Medical Center to the medical unit at Henrico Jail East in New Kent County where he awaits trial.
Skinner has been charged with breaking and entering with the intent to commit rape, robbery or murder with a deadly weapon. That carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
Skinner, 25, began talking to the teenage girl using Discord, an online chat service. But after three or four months of conversation, she attempted to end their communication, WTKR News reports.
Skinner then decided to fly to the US to meet the teen, purchasing duct tape and pepper spray when he arrived.
When Skinner tried to break into her home on June 22nd, the girl's mother shot Skinner in his neck and he has been hospitalised since.
A hearing date has been tentatively set for Monday 30th July in Goochland General District Court.
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