Man gets 9 months in jail for stabbing at Charlottetown outreach centre
A stabbing on the Neighborhood Outreach Centre in Charlottetown has resulted in a nine-month jail sentence for a person who wielded a pocket knife in the course of the April 29 incident.
Daniel William Hennigar, 37, was sentenced in provincial court docket Wednesday.
He had initially been charged with tried homicide, however pleaded responsible to the lesser cost of assault with a weapon. He additionally acquired a five-day concurrent sentence for possession of methamphetamine.
In response to a press release of information introduced in court docket, Hennigar and his sufferer have been each shoppers of the outreach centre. The 2 acquired into an argument and the sufferer suffered a minor wound to his stomach when Hennigar stabbed him.
The person was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital and launched about an hour later, mentioned John Diamond, the director of prosecutions for Prince Edward Island.
Workers on the centre who knew Hennigar from earlier visits described him as “quiet, calm, normally no downside,” in keeping with Diamond.
Court docket heard the sufferer was intoxicated on the time of the incident, and had been demanding cash from Hennigar, within the perception that he had just lately acquired a social help fee.
Hennigar alerted employees on the outreach centre to the state of affairs, however employees didn’t intervene earlier than the state of affairs escalated, in keeping with Diamond.
The argument between the 2 males lasted about 15 or 20 minutes, Diamond informed the court docket. After the stabbing, an onlooker stepped in to finish the altercation.
Workers administered first support to the sufferer whereas ready for an ambulance, and informed each Hennigar and the onlooker who had intervened to depart the premises, the Crown mentioned.
Hennigar surrendered to police instantly and cooperated with the investigation, Diamond mentioned.
As his jail sentence was handed down, Hennigar informed the court docket he regrets what he did, saying he “ought to have walked away.”
Hennigar has been ordered to avoid his sufferer after he will get out of jail, and won’t be allowed to go to the Neighborhood Outreach Centre if the opposite man is on the premises.
