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Mental health questions in coffee shop stabbing trial

The trial for a man accused in connection with an unprovoked stabbing in a downtown Vancouver coffee shop continued today.

Stabbing suspect had mental illness

11 years ago
Duration 2:19
The court was told the accused, Mohamed Amer, is a schizophrenic

The trial for a man accused in connection with an unprovoked stabbing in a downtown Vancouver coffee shop continued today.

Mohamed Amer has been charged with attempted murder following a February 2012 assault that put a 71-year-old man in hospital in serious condition.

The CBC's Kirk Williams has the details on what happened in court today.