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SARNIA – All charges linked to a stabbing in south Sarnia last fall have been dropped after the accused recently agreed to a peace bond.
A man was stabbed in the leg in an altercation between two men who knew each other near Euphemia and Davis streets on Oct. 3, police said at the time. The man who was stabbed was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition after receiving emergency medical treatment from officers and Lambton paramedics at the scene, police said.
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A suspect was quickly arrested.
Joshawa McManus, 34, of Sarnia, was charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm and breaching probation by having a weapon, police said. He spent two-and-a-half weeks in custody at the Sarnia Jail before being released for $250 bail on Oct. 20.
But he was banned from contacting four people, including the complainant, Christian Lockhart. He was also barred from having weapons, specifically knives unless he was preparing food or eating or using one at work.
Similar terms were imposed after McManus recently agreed to a sign a two-year common-law peace bond in exchange for all the charges being dropped. It was a deal worked out between defence lawyer Robert McFadden and the Crown’s office.
“This resolution comes as a result of much discussion between us as well as some serious difficulties in the Crown’s case affecting its (reasonable prospect of conviction),” assistant Crown attorney Meaghan Jones explained to Justice Mark Hornblower.
Hornblower agreed to impose the peace bond, which requires the person signing it to keep the peace – essentially to not face any other criminal charges – during a set period of time.
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