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Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
Blair Donnelly, with a history of psychiatric care releases, faces trial over three aggravated assault charges related to stabbings at a public festival in 2023, court heard.
- Blair Donnelly has entered a not guilty plea to charges of aggravated assault involving three victims stabbed at Vancouver's Chinatown festival on September 10, 2023.
- Donnelly was granted an unescorted day pass from a forensic psychiatric facility in Coquitlam for a bike ride when the stabbing incident took place.
- He bought a wood chisel at Home Depot, took the SkyTrain to a festival, and during a musical event, injured two women in their backs and a man in his forearm with the chisel.
- Crown prosecutor Mark Myhre stated that Donnelly has a diagnosed mental health condition, and the court must determine whether he was criminally responsible or not due to the effects of his illness at the time of the incident.
- A report showed Donnelly was let out on 99 psychiatric leaves without incident before, but Premier David Eby expressed anger over Donnelly’s day pass given his violent history.
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Suspect in triple stabbing at Vancouver Chinatown festival pleads not guilty
The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown two years ago has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault. Blair Donnelly had been on unescorted leave from the B.C. Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam on the day of the attack.
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Suspect pleads not guilty in triple stabbing at 2023 Vancouver Chinatown festival
VANCOUVER — The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault.
·Prince George, Canada
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