Accused stabber could enter pleas soon
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The man facing two attempted murder charges concerning a stabbing incident in Greater Sudbury in early June could resolve his charges before the end of the year.
Alexander Stavropoulos, 25, appeared in video bail remand court at the Sudbury Courthouse Thursday and had a return date of Nov. 7 set.
The court heard a possible resolution date of Dec. 9 did not work for the local Crown attorney’s office and that a one-week break would allow both the defence and Crown to agree to a new date that would work for both sides.
Stavropoulos is being represented by local lawyer Glenn Sandberg.
Stavropoulos is charged in an incident in the parking lot of the Michael’s store on Marcus Drive on June 3 in which a 35-year-old woman was stabbed in the neck and her baby bruised.
Apart from attempted murder, Stavropoulos is also facing two charges of possession of a dangerous weapon and one count of breach of probation.
The woman was originally in critical condition but was later upgraded to stable condition. A source told The Star she underwent an emergency procedure at Health Sciences North and was later released.
A nine-month-old baby was also injured in the attack and received multiple bruises as a result of being struck while the knife was in the male attacker’s hand.
Bystander Brent Holder was credited with saving the woman’s life by confronting Stavropolous, while others pitched in to provide medical aid prior to the arrival of paramedics.
Stavropoulos is the same man whom police officers dealt with in a knife incident at the downtown transit terminal April 1, 2018.
On Aug. 8, 2018, Stavropoulos pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to a charge of possession of a dangerous weapon. He received a time-served penalty (99 days of pre-trial custody) and a two-year probation order.
The court heard Stavropoulos was in a marijuana-induced psychosis and was drinking heavily when he entered the terminal, threatened a security guard and a transit worker with two knives, and then charged at police.
Stavropoulos was struck by a conductive energy weapon and also shot, collapsing in a pool of blood.
Stavropoulos was chanting “white power” during the incident.
An errant bullet punctured a metal panel in a wall and a piece of shrapnel embedded itself in the leg of Phil Kingsbury, a transit driver working in a supervisory capacity that night.
Kingsbury had taken refuge inside the security office in the middle of the building, along with Andrian Santos, a guard with G4S Secure Solutions.
Kingsbury was treated at hospital and released.
— with files from Jim Moodie
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