The suspect accused in reference to a string of random stabbings in Yaletown final fall has pleaded responsible.
Tamara Jean Hamelin, 35, was charged with two counts of assault and 4 counts of assault with a weapon within the Oct. 10, 2025, incident.
On Dec. 16, Hamelin entered responsible pleas to all six fees, the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) confirmed.
Vancouver police stated the stranger assaults occurred alongside the seawall close to David Lam Park, the place the suspect was captured on surveillance video simply after 7:30 a.m. on Oct.10.
Three stabbing victims have been transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening accidents.
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Two days later, police stated 4 extra alleged victims got here ahead, together with one who was stabbed, one other who was bodily assaulted, and two others who authorities stated weren’t bodily injured.
Hamelin, who had no prison historical past in B.C. or Alberta, was arrested on Oct. 13 at a Downtown Eastside rooming home.
Police stated they’ve had earlier interactions with Hamelin however declined to touch upon a possible motive or whether or not psychological well being could have been concerned.
Hamelin stays in custody awaiting a sentencing listening to.
The BCPS stated a Gladue report has been ordered to help the court docket with sentencing.
Gladue ideas are the results of a 1999 Supreme Courtroom of Canada ruling that decided judges should take Canada’s colonial previous into consideration when sentencing Indigenous offenders.
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