The man accused of stabbing a mother and injuring her baby late last spring will plead guilty to three charges Jan. 13.
On that day, Alex Stavropoulos, 26, will plead guilty to two charges of attempted murder and one charge of violating parole, the Ontario Court of Justice was told.
Stavropoulos came out and sat in the prisoners box as defence lawyer Glenn Sandberg and assistant Crown attorney Leonard Kim searched for a new date for the pleas.
The delay, Kim said, was related to the agreed statement of facts, which details exactly what Stavropoulos is admitting. The defence only received the statement from the Crown this week, and the defence wanted time to review it with Stavropoulos.
Wearing a white T-shirt and light grey pants, Stavropoulos had medium length, light brown hair and sported a bushy goatee. He yawned occasionally, but was otherwise impassive as he waited for the lawyers to agree to a new date.
He is charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and one count of breaching probation in connection to the June 3 incident, where he allegedly stabbed a 35-year-old mother in the neck.
Her nine-month-old infant was not stabbed, but sustained multiple bruises after being struck repeatedly during the attack.
Stavropoulos was arrested for the attack less than a year after he was found guilty in connection with a violent incident at the downtown transit terminal. He was sentenced to two years probation in August 2018. In that incident, he arrived at the terminal carrying two knives and tried to enter the security office.
Police were called, and when told to drop his weapons, he charged police. He was tazed twice by police and shot in the leg, when he began yelling “white power.”
His lawyer said at the time Stavropoulos had no previous criminal record and was suffering an episode of marijuana psychosis at the time of the incident. He had begun taking anti-psychotic medication, the lawyer said, and was “very remorseful” for what he had done.
Stavropoulos was sentenced to time served (99 days), plus two years probation, a 10-year weapons ban, and had to give an DNA sample.
He returns to court Jan. 13 to deal with his latest charges at 10 a.m. in Courtroom B. The Crown is also seeking to have him declared a dangerous offender.
