VANCOUVER - The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown in September 2023 has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault.

Blair Donnelly, who attended court in a navy sweatsuit and took notes with a pen and legal pad, had been on unescorted leave from the B.C. Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Coquitlam the day of the attack.

The trial by judge alone began at the Supreme Court in Vancouver on Monday, which is when Donnelly entered his pleas.

Crown prosecutor Mark Myhre says Donnelly was on a day leave from a psychiatric hospital in Coquitlam, B.C., for a bike ride, but went to Home Depot where he purchased a chisel.

He says Donnelly biked to Braid Skytrain station where he took the train to Vancouver and attended the Light Up Chinatown f

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