A North Vancouver lawyer who attacked a senior with a knife last year won’t spend any additional time behind bars.
On Friday, a B.C. Provincial Court Judge accepted a joint sentencing submission from the Crown and defence, handing Alexander Currie, 41, a conditional discharge.
Currie will also spend three years on probation and has been ordered to continue seeing a psychologist and to abstain from drugs and alcohol. He’s also been ordered to pay $594 in financial restitution to his 80-year-old victim.
Currie admitted to attacking the senior, slashing his motorcycle helmet, on May 25, 2024, and pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon, uttering threats and mischief.
At a sentencing hearing earlier in June, the court heard he was actively psychotic at the time of the attack due to bipolar disorder. The court heard he had a history of mental illness, but hadn’t suffered an episode in 17 years.
The court also heard a statement from the victim, who remains traumatized by the attack.
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“You jumped in front of my scooter with a 12-inch butcher’s knife and drove it through my windshield,” the statement said, in part.
“I now have a lasting memory of a very horrific experience.”
According to the victim, Currie screamed “I’m going to kill you!” over and over and slashed his helmet three times before a neighbour intervened.
The court also heard how Currie had told responding officers to shoot him, and that police recovered several knives from his person.
The Crown and defence made a joint submission to the court, calling for a conditional discharge and citing Currie’s lack of a criminal record and his determination to rebuild his life.
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