There wasn't sufficient evidence tying a Prince George woman to a 2013 attack that left another woman with life-threatening injuries, a B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled Friday.
Amberlynn Louise Abraham - who was 19 at the time of the incident - was found not guilty by Justice Ron Tindale on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and assault with a deadly weapon stemming from an incident where another 19-year-old woman was stabbed 14 times outside a 1600 block Ninth Avenue home on June 26, 2013.
"The facts surrounding these charges are simple, tragic and far too common among youth who attend drinking parties," said Tindale.
According to the facts of the case as read out in court Friday morning, Abraham was attending a house party to celebrate her graduation from high school.
Over the course of the night, a physical altercation broke out between the victim and other partygoers, ultimately leading to her being stabbed by her boyfriend's brother.
As a result of this stabbing, the victim received serious and life-threatening injuries.
"The issue on this trial is whether or not the accused is a party to the assault on the victim," Tindale said.
Given the evidence, or lack thereof, and unreliability of certain witnesses, Tindale said it hadn't been proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Abraham directly participated in the actions that left the victim with multiple stab wounds to her arms, chest, abdomen and back resulting in two collapsed lungs and laceration and bruising of the right kidney.
"The evidence of the victim does not establish what, if anything, the accused did to her outside and the evidence (a witness) provides of a description of two female assailants which does not match the accused," said Tindale.
The evidence from another neighbour also placed at least one other female outside the residence at the time of the stabbing.
However, Tindale didn't absolve Abraham completely. According to her own testimony and testimony from the victim during the judge-heard one-day trial last January, Abraham punched the victim in the face inside the home before things escalated outside.
Abraham was found guilty of common assault and was set to be sentenced Friday afternoon.
