Damien Allison-Harding. (Photo courtesy of the Sarnia Police Service)Damien Allison-Harding. (Photo courtesy of the Sarnia Police Service)
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Sarnia man handed prison term for convenience store stabbing

A 27-year-old Sarnia man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for stabbing a man at a convenience store in November 2017.

A ministry of the attorney general spokesman told BlackburnNews.com that Damien Allison-Harding has six years left to serve, with 297 days credit for pre-sentence custody.

Allison-Harding pulled out a large knife and stabbed a 36-year-old man after an exchange of words in the 7/11 at Mitton and Wellington streets.

The victim was critically injured and required extensive medical care.

Police investigation in Sarnia’s sourthend. November 9, 2017. BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin. Police investigation, November 9, 2017. BlackburnNews.com photo by Melanie Irwin.

Allison-Harding was sentenced for aggravated assault by teleconference this week in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Sarnia.  A charge of assault with a weapon was stayed.

He was arrested in Montreal in February of this year after failing to attend a scheduled court date. The Montreal Police Service turned him over to Sarnia police on February 11.

-With files from Colin Gowdy

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