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Stratford, P.E.I., man pleads guilty to attempted murder

A Stratford, P.E.I., man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in connection to a stabbing in Charlottetown in September 2017. Chase Joseph Douglas Aslantogmus entered the guilty plea in provincial court Thursday afternoon.

Chase Aslantogmus, 20, charged after stabbing incident in September

Police say they arrested Chase Aslantogmus at the scene of the stabbing in Charlottetown. (Sarah MacMillan/CBC)

A Stratford, P.E.I., man has pleaded guilty to attempted murder in connection to a stabbing in Charlottetown in September 2017.

Chase Joseph Douglas Aslantogmus, 20, entered the guilty plea in provincial court Thursday afternoon after a preliminary inquiry that laid out evidence that would be presented against him at trial.

That trial will no longer be necessary. 

He was charged after a 21-year-old man was stabbed in an apartment building on Upper Prince Street in Charlottetown on Sept. 12. Police said they picked him up at the scene of the stabbing.

Police vehicles and an ambulance at the scene of the stabbing on Upper Prince Street in September 2017. (Melanie Mills/Facebook)

At the time, police said the victim had been stabbed several times, but that the wounds were not life-threatening. The victim was treated at the hospital and released. Police said they believed the weapon was a knife and that the two men knew each other.

Aslantogmus will be sentenced June 22 to allow time for a pre-sentence report to be prepared.

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With files from Brian Higgins