A 35-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to charges related to a series of stabbing incidents that occurred in Vancouver’s Yaletown neighborhood in October. Tamara Hamelin was taken into custody on October 10 following an incident where three individuals were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. Subsequently, four more victims, comprising another stabbing victim, a person subjected to physical assault, and two individuals who escaped physical harm, came forward.
The victims, consisting of five men and two women aged between 23 and 59, were assaulted near David Lam Park along Vancouver’s Yaletown seawall. The assaults were described by the police as violent and unprovoked. Hamelin was charged with four counts of assault with a weapon and two counts of assault.
Following her arrest, Hamelin entered her guilty pleas at Vancouver’s Downtown Community Court on December 16 and is currently in custody, as confirmed by the B.C. Prosecution Service to CBC News. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 31, according to court records.