Man who attacked women on TTC, killing 1, sentenced to life in prison – Toronto [Video]

A Chinese national who stabbed two strangers on the TTC near High Park station two-and-a-half years ago has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years.

Superior Court Justice Joan Barrett also sentenced Neng Jia Jin, who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder in February, to 20 years for the latter charge, to be served concurrently with the life sentence.

“Two innocent women were intentionally, randomly and violently attacked on Dec. 8, 2022, as they went about an otherwise normal day using public transit,” Barrett said in her reasons for sentencing handed down in a Toronto courtroom Tuesday.

Vanessa Kurpiewska, 31, was killed. A 37-year-old woman who was sitting near Kurpiewska survived but suffered stab wounds to her abdomen, left forearm, right hand, and left leg. A tendon in her right ring finger was cut and required plastic surgery.

The 37-year-old woman lives daily with the physical, emotional and psychological harm that …