VANCOUVER — The man accused of stabbing three people at a festival in Vancouver’s Chinatown in 2023 is testifying at his trial, telling the court how he found religion.

Blair Donnelly, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, says he was a drug dealer, alcoholic and “partygoer” when he made a deal with God to serve him if he gave him a wife and family.

Donnelly, who is now 66, says he was 22 when he got involved with religion and it changed his life.

Donnelly has been carrying a Bible at his trial, now in its second day, but before he testified he affirmed he would tell the truth rather than swearing on the holy book, later citing a verse about oath swearing.

He had been on unescorted leave from the B.C. Forensic Psychiatr

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