Judge grants psychiatrist more time to assess woman charged in Halifax stabbing

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A forensic psychiatrist has been granted much clip to implicit an appraisal of a pistillate accused of stabbing a kid connected a thoroughfare successful downtown Halifax connected Feb. 23.

Elliott Chorny, 19, is charged with attempted murder, weapons offence successful onslaught connected child

Blair Rhodes · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 11, 2025 11:28 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

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Elliott Chorny, 19, is charged with attempted execution aft a six-year-old lad was stabbed successful Halifax successful February. (CBC)

A forensic psychiatrist has been granted much clip to implicit an appraisal of a pistillate charged with stabbing a kid connected a thoroughfare successful downtown Halifax connected Feb. 23.  

Elliott Chorny, 19, is charged with attempted execution and a weapons offence successful narration to the attack. She was arrested soon aft the lad was stabbed.

Chorny has been successful custody since the arrest. She besides faces an battle complaint from an earlier incident.

During a tribunal quality successful March, Judge Alonzo Wright ordered a 30-day psychiatric assessment to spot if Chorny should beryllium held criminally liable for the charges.

In a missive to the justice that was work into the grounds connected Friday, psychiatrist Dr. Risk Kronfli requested an hold aft helium recovered issues that "need to beryllium further explored."

Wright agreed to the request. Chorny is scheduled to instrumentality to tribunal connected May 9.

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Blair Rhodes has been a writer for much than 40 years, the past 31 with CBC. His superior absorption is connected stories of transgression and nationalist safety. He tin beryllium reached astatine [email protected]

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