Woman, 19, accused of stabbing 6-year-old to undergo psychiatric assessment

Blair Rhodes · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 13, 2025 11:10 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

A 19-year-old pistillate accused of attacking a young lad connected a downtown Halifax thoroughfare has been ordered to acquisition a psychiatric appraisal to spot if she is acceptable to basal proceedings connected a complaint of attempted murder.

Elliott Chorny appeared by video successful Nova Scotia Provincial Court connected Thursday greeting from jail. She's been successful custody since Feb. 23, erstwhile she was arrested conscionable aft a six-year-old lad was stabbed connected Barrington Street adjacent Scotia Square Mall.

Chorny is besides facing a weapons complaint due to the fact that a weapon was utilized successful the alleged attack.

Chorny's Legal Aid lawyer, Kelly Rowlett, told Judge Alonzo Wright that she has added an earlier battle complaint Chorny was facing truthful that the 2 matters volition proceed done tribunal together.

The earlier battle complaint stems from an incidental connected Jan. 27 astatine the Halifax Infirmary erstwhile a psychiatrist was attacked.

Rowlett told the justice she doubts the appraisal volition beryllium completed by the clip the lawsuit returns to tribunal adjacent period and an hold successful clip volition apt beryllium necessary. Chorny volition stay successful custody successful the meantime.

Chorny's household was successful tribunal for Thursday's little appearance. 

In the days instantly pursuing the stabbing, Chorny's mother, Andrea Hancock, went nationalist with her conflict to get assistance for her girl earlier either of these incidents occurred.