An Edmonton judge has sentenced a man to 18 months in jail for stabbing a stranger with a hunting knife, rejecting a six-month sentence proposed by both the defence and Crown.
Shaye Riley Bird, 23, pleaded guilty in Alberta’s Court of Justice in August to assault causing bodily harm and breaching a weapons prohibition order, after the May attack in downtown Edmonton.
Bird and several others attacked a stranger, with Bird stabbing the man in the buttocks and causing heavy bleeding. The offenders stole the victim’s headphones and fled, and the victim reported the incident to police.
Police used video surveillance to find and arrest Bird, who was still wearing the same blood-stained clothing and still had the knife….