Canwood double stabbing results in five year prison sentence

Herman entered the bar, sat down with them and had a drink before leaving.

“Roger asked to use their cell phone, saying he was from La Loche, and was looking for a ride home,” Judge McAuley read. “He told them he was in jail for 20 years.  He then said, don’t worry, I won’t kill you.”

On surveillance footage, Roger was seen leaving the bar, and taking a steak knife from another table. He was then seen outside the bar, trying to get into a silver vehicle which happened to belong to the older man.

The father then went outside and confronted Roger before going back into the bar and asking for assistance, saying someone was trying to steal his car.

The father and son then went back outside and told Roger to get away from their vehicle.  

“Roger had a knife, and he stabbed [the older man] six times … one of them was in the back. [The older man] was bleeding profusely,” McAuley said.

In an attempt to defend his father, the younger man pulled a pocket knife from his pocket, and swung it at Roger but missed. Roger backed off momentarily before assaulting the son, “stabbing him in the shoulder, breaking the knife in the process.”

Both victims were transported to hospital.

The father, who incurred the more serious of the injuries, suffered a life altering stroke soon after and to this day continues to endure surgeries. The son’s injuries were described as non-life-threatening in nature.

Herman was arrested soon after and initially charged with attempted murder. That charge was downgraded to aggravated assault.

Defence lawyer Peter Abrametz said Herman was highly intoxicated and has no memory of the incident, but feels deep remorse.

“That remorse does not take away the permanent injuries,” McAuley stated, adding the father’s livelihood is now gone.

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by Nigel Maxwell

Canwood double stabbing results in five year prison sentence

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