A man who confessed to his role in a Vancouver-style stabbing in Vancouver, Tim Hortons, has been convicted.
David Richard Maureen, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday, was sentenced to three years behind bars.
The 28-year-old man was charged with assault earlier this year after a man was attacked in a cafe at the Harbor Center mall.
Police said at the time that the stabbing early in the morning of January 22 was “completely without warning”.
The victim was repeatedly stabbed in the back and shoulder in the incident, filmed by the restaurant’s surveillance camera.
Maureen was soon identified as a suspect, something police attribute to a number of tips generated by the release of the surveillance video. He has remained in custody since then.
When he was detained by the police, they said that the motive was unclear. Maureen and the victim did not know each other and did not appear to have had much interaction before the stabbing, they said.
Speaking to CTV News a few days after he was attacked, the victim said through an interpreter that the video made him realize that his mind was blocking some of what had happened.
He said he remembered building and someone was walking next to him. Remember how it falls.
The victim said that the attack made him fear for his life and that he was worried only outside.
“He senses that someone will attack him from behind. He feels insecure wherever he goes, “said the translator.
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