An Edmonton judge has rejected a joint sentence recommendation as “unhinged” for an Indigenous man who stabbed a stranger in the buttocks during a group mugging less than two months after he was released on bail on conditions prohibiting him from possessing any weapons.
Shaye Riley Bird, who still had the bloody knife on him, as well as blood on his pants when police picked him up, pleaded guilty in Alberta’s Court of Justice to the May 3, 2026, assault causing bodily harm and breaching the conditions of his release in March. Both his defence lawyer and the Crown recommended Bird get 180 days in jail for the assault, and another 30 days to be served concurrently, for the bail breach.
