The victim of Friday's fatal stabbing had a small track record of petty theft, court documents indicate.
Between July 2005 and November 2008, Tyrone Myles Thomas, 39, was convicted three times for theft $5,000 or less and was sentenced to seven days in jail on the first two incidents and to 21 days in jail on the third.
Thomas was also sentenced in November 2008 to 21 and 24 days in jail for two counts of failing to appear in court. All of the cases were heard in Vancouver provincial court.
