Extended video: Accused Chinatown stabber police interview

A BC Supreme Court Justice will decide next month whether a man accused of stabbing three people at the Light Up Chinatown Festival is guilty, or not criminally responsible due to mental disorder. Blair Donnelly, who was on an unescorted day pass from the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital at the time, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault in the September 2023 attack. In a videotaped interview with the VPD following his arrest, Donnelly mentions Donald Trump when asked why he declined legal counsel, and doesn’t reveal much when detectives push him on what happened – and why.