A Vancouver, B.C., man has pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated assault and assaulting a deputy sheriff.
The case dates back to Aug. 14, 2021, when Jesse Rene Attig walked up behind a man whose car was parked on East 10th Ave. before cutting his throat and back of his head. Attig then fled the scene, heard Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Gregory Rideout.
The wound was not deep and the victim received several sutures at hospital.
In court, the judge watched a surveillance video of the offence showing Attig, 32, running from the scene. Police caught Attig after a cyclist followed him. No knife was found.
“There appeared to be no motivation for it,” said Crown lawyer Phillip Sebellin.
Attig had been charged with attempted murder in the case but he pleaded guilty to aggravated assault.
The second plea came came after Attig elbowed a deputy sheriff.
“He threw an elbow at a deputy sheriff and hit his arm and chest instead of his face,” Sebellin said. “It was unprovoked. It was a full-power elbow strike.”
Sebellin is looking for two to three years’ jail for the aggravated assault with 30 days to be served concurrently for the sheriff incident.
Defence lawyer Jonathan Waddington is seeking a conditional sentence order.
