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Calls for transparency after charges stayed in Chinatown senior assault - BC | Globalnews.ca

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Vancouver Chinatown BIA president Jordan Eng said the public has a right to know what caused the case to collapse.

A 93-year-old man was knocked to the ground near Main and Pender Streets in October 2022 .

Henry Paul Wiens , 57 , was arrested 10 days later following the issuing of a province-wide warrant.

Wiens was scheduled for trial on April 22, 2024 , but the BC Prosecution Service said he failed to appear in court on that date.

The next day , court records indicate the Crown directed a stay of proceedings on the assault charge.

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