Charge dropped in 2022 attack on 93-year-old in Vancouvers Chinatown – BC [Video]

A charge of assault causing bodily harm has been stayed against a suspect accused of shoving a 93-year-old man in Vancouver’s Chinatown in a stranger attack captured on security video in the fall of 2022.

A bench warrant was issued for Henry Paul Wiens on April 22, 2024, when he failed to attend court on the first day of his trial.

Some information was then provided to the Crown, according to the BC Prosecution Service (BCPS), and as a result, the remaining trial dates were cancelled.

“The Crown was able to make some independent enquiries about that information and directed the stay of proceedings at the court registry on April 23, 2024,” BCPS communications counsel Damienne Darby said in an email.

Darby said the decision to stay the charge was made after further information was received by the prosecutor with conduct of the file.

“After reviewing this information and the …