The hearing to determine whether the man who admitted to stabbing a woman and attacking her baby in the parking lot of a Silver Hills retailer on June 3, 2019, should be tried as a dangerous offender has been adjourned to August.
Request for an assessment under section 752.1 (1) of the Criminal Code to determine this status for Alexander Stavropoulos had originally been scheduled for April 20, but was adjourned to July 21 in response to the outbreak of COVID-19.
The July 21 hearing was unable to proceed, however, due to complications with the Sudbury Jail video conferencing technology, and will now be heard Aug. 7 at 10 a.m.
If on this date, the presiding judge, Ronald Boivin, approves the Crown’s motion in the case of 26-year-old Stavropoulos, the accused could be sentenced to an indefinite period, with no chance of parole for seven years.
If the motion is rejected, sentencing would continue as usual for the two counts of attempted murder, and one count of a breach of probation Stavropoulos pleaded guilty to on Jan. 13.
The incident, the accused has since claimed, was spurred by his inability to find an intimate partner.
Stravopoulos told police in a recorded interview that he was sexually frustrated and angry with “white woman” in particular because they would not have sexual intercourse with him.
He has labelled himself an “incel,” or involuntarily celibate, a community of mostly man unified by their inability to find female companionship.
On June 3, 2019, he told police he went to the Silver Hills shopping area that morning with the goal of “murder(ing) a little white girl.” The baby, rather than the mother, being his real target.
