A repeat offender who attacked a tourist in downtown Vancouver last year has pleaded guilty in the case, but to a lesser offence.

The attack happened on Oct. 13, 2024, as the 35-year-old victim was walking near the Canada Place cruise ship terminal.

Vancouver police said the woman was “repeatedly punched and kicked in the face, and sustained multiple injuries that required medical attention at hospital.”

Investigators said the attack was random.

Massimo Rosario Falvo was arrested at a residential building in the Downtown Eastside and initially charged with aggravated assault.

The BC Prosecution Service confirmed that he pleaded guilty on July 22 to the lesser offence of assault causing bodily harm.

A judge has ordered him to undergo a psychiatric risk assessment ahead of a future s

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