Fulford slasher pleads guilty
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Updated: October 14, 2009 4:55 PM
An island man arrested last month in connection with two bizarre attacks in the Fulford area pleaded guilty to two counts of assault with a weapon on Oct. 6.
A provincial court judge in Duncan issued Lorne Nelson a six-month conditional sentence after the Salt Spring man confessed to slashing two men with homemade “Freddy Krueger-style” gloves.
Salt Spring RCMP described the weapon as a pair of gloves with blades attached.
Two men, aged 54 and 66, reported the incidents to police after they were attacked in separate incidents near the Fulford Inn at around 10 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7.
The men sustained facial lacerations as a result of the attacks. Both have since recovered from their injuries.
Crown counsel Brad Tomlin said Nelson and the victims were acquainted. He said the assault resulted from an alcohol-fuelled personal dispute between the men. Officers discovered the bladed glove with the assistance of a Cowichan Valley-based canine unit in a ditch near where Nelson was arrested.
Nelson, 39, must serve three months of his sentence under house arrest, not initiate contact with the victims and undergo counselling as directed.
Prior to last week’s sentencing, Nelson underwent a 30-day psychological assessment while in police custody.
The judge issued a stay of proceedings to associated charges of uttering threats, mischief and possession of a weapon.
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