The man accused of stabbing and seriously injuring an Abbotsford, B.C., laundromat owner on Saturday was out of prison, on conditions, for stabbing a paraplegic man multiple times, parole board documents reveal.

Timothy Richard Louis Rowley, 40, has been charged with assault with a weapon and aggravated assault in the Aug. 9 incident.

Rowley was out of prison on statutory release , a provision in Canadian law that requires that most offenders be released to complete the final third of their sentence under supervision in the community.

In a decision applying a variety of conditions on Rowley’s release, dated July 10, the Parole Board of Canada revealed more details about the offence that landed him in his most recent bout of prison.

In May 2019, while he was intoxicated, Rowley attemp

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