Southern Alberta man with mental health issues gets 5 years for stabbing parents
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — A southern Alberta man with mental health issues has been sentenced to five years in jail for stabbing his parents.
Nigel Vermeulen, who is 29, had pleaded guilty in Lethbridge court to one count of attempted murder and another of assault with a weapon.
Court heard he stabbed his 72-year-old father in the neck and his 62-year-old mother in the leg.
The sentence was recommended as part of a joint submission by the Crown and defence.