A man charged with murder in a Vancouver 2023 stabbing will appear in B.C. Supreme Court soon for a bail hearing, a Vancouver Provincial Court judge heard on Thursday.
Vancouver Police Department said that on Nov. 21, 2023, 34-year-old Stephen Crock was found stabbed on the sidewalk near East Hastings and Columbia streets that same day. He was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries.
After a year-long investigation, 24-year-old Lyle Price was arrested with one count of second-degree murder against Price, VPD said Nov. 20, 2024.
The charge information is dated Nov. 19, 2024. Judge David St. Pierre denied Price bail that same day.
“The victim was found lying in the middle of the busy sidewalk mid-block, on the south side of East Hastings, between Columbia and Carrall streets,” VPD Constable Jason Doucette said at the time. “This sidewalk is enclosed by a construction tunnel.”
He said a person walking along the sidewalk stopped when they noticed the victim bleeding on the ground and called 911. Emergency services arrived and the unresponsive victim was rushed to hospital where he died.
Doucette said police knew there were witnesses and asked them to step forward.
Defence lawyer Duncan Chiu asked Judge John Milne for a two-week adjournment for the bail hearing to be scheduled.
Price remains in custody.
