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White Rock stabbing accused elects for trial by judge, jury in Supreme Court
A new indictment combines murder and aggravated assault allegations after two waterfront stabbings, and the accused will next appear in court on July 9.
The Surrey man charged in connection with the April 2024 stabbing death of 26-year-old Kulwinder Singh Sohi in White Rock has elected to be tried in New Westminster Supreme Court by a judge and jury. Dimitri Nelson Hyacinth was charged with second-degree murder on May 3, 2024, after Sohi was stabbed on White Rock’s waterfront promenade on the night of April 23, 2024 — the second of two stabbings in the city that week. Hyacinth is also facing agg…