BY KEITH LACEY
A young Cambrian College student working at the Northern Breweries last September was shocked when a woman, who was covered in blood, knocked on the door looking for assistance.
Christopher Lindsay, 22, testified in court Monday he had just closed the doors at the brewery?s Lorne St. retail shop just after 11 pm last Sept. 10 when the woman, who was obviously in distress, urged him to help her.
?She was covered in blood...she was hysterical and she was crying,? said Lindsay. ?She told me ?I?ve been stabbed,? and asked me to call 911.?
Charlie Sinobert, 45, has pleaded not guilty to aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and possession of a dangerous weapon.
Assistant Crown attorney Susan Bruce told the court the complainant was a reluctant witness and didn?t provide an audio or video statement to police.
The woman who was stabbed has since disappeared.
However, the Crown believes there is sufficient evidence to proceed with the case and prove Sinobert was responsible for the stabbing, said Bruce.
The woman was holding a pair of broken glasses and a paring knife with a three-inch blade, said Lindsay. She placed them on a counter while she waited for an ambulance to arrive, said Lindsay, who offered the woman a chair to sit on to try to make her more comfortable.
Const. Steve Russell of the Greater Sudbury Police Service said when he arrived, he asked the woman who had done this to her. She immediately replied his name was Charlie Sinobert. She also gave police an address. Officers immediately attended that residence and found Sinobert asleep.
Sinobert was arrested and charged.
Officers later followed a trail of blood from outside the Northern Breweries outlet, and it led directly to the address given by the complainant to the residence occupied by Sinobert on Victoria St., said Russell.
Sinobert was heavily intoxicated when officers arrived and arrested him, said Russell.
Sinobert didn?t say a word when officers read him his rights and arrested him, but he later did speak to his lawyer, Louis Sola, at police headquarters, said Russell.
During a body search of Sinobert, officers discovered a burn mark on his back consistent with a pattern that could be caused by the element on a stove, said Russell.
Because Sinobert had suffered some injuries, he was transported to hospital and treated. He has remained in custody at the Sudbury District Jail since being arrested almost five months ago.
The case is being heard by Justice Gerald Michel. Other police officers are expected to take the stand when the case resumes Thursday.
