Blair Donnelly

• Man accused in Chinatown stabbing attack found not criminally responsible

  Blair Donnelly has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and his lawyer argued that Donnelly's mental illness 'rendered him incapable of knowing if his actions were wrong.'

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  Oct 24, 2025
  
• Judge releases Chinatown stabbing exhibits, suspect’s video interrogation

  A B.C. Supreme Court judge will decide next month whether the accused Chinatown stabber is guilty of aggravated assault or not criminally responsible.

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  Sep 24, 2025
  
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• Accused in Chinatown triple stabbing says he was ‘prompted by God’

  Blair Donnelly has admitted to the stabbings, and his lawyer told the judge-only trial that the relevant factor in the incident was his client's mental state at the time.

  Crime

  Sep 9, 2025
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• B.C. makes changes after review into release of man accused in Chinatown stabbings

  A report into a triple stabbing at a Vancouver festival says the man accused had been let out of a psychiatric care facility 99 times in the year prior without incident.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2024
• Chinatown triple stabbing suspect ‘calm and cooperative’ on day of attack: report

  But Blair Donnelly had shown the capacity to slide into violent delusions with little warning in the past, the BC Review Board report states.

  Crime

  Mar 13, 2024
• Ex-Abbotsford police chief to probe release of man accused in Chinatown stabbings

  Bob Rich's priority will be determining how the man was released from a psychiatric facility against recommendations, and whether there are others in the same circumstance.

  Crime

  Sep 14, 2023
• Eby ‘white-hot’ angry with Chinatown stabbing suspect’s release from psychiatric hospital

  A man and two women were hospitalized after Sunday's triple-stabbing attack at the Light Up Chinatown festival in downtown Vancouver.

  Crime

  Sep 12, 2023