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Man found guilty of murdering Halifax optician in December 2021
Police say Cymon Felix Cormier entered the business and attacked a staff member, identified by police as 55-year-old Tony Nader.
A man has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a Halifax optician in December 2021.
Justice Christa Brothers delivered the verdict Thursday morning, telling the court she found the fatal stabbing of 55-year-old Tony Nader to be planned and deliberate.
She did not accept the defence's argument that the accused, Cymon Felix Cormier, was not criminally responsible.
Nader was stabbed while at his workplace, Insight Optometry, on Brunswick Street the morning of Dec. 30, 2021.
Another man was inside the business and tried to intervene. He too was attacked and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Nader later died in hospital from his stab wounds.
Cormier was arrested a short time later and charged with first-degree murder in Nader's death. He was also charged with aggravated assault for injuring the man who intervened.
Cormier was found guilty Thursday of the lesser charge of assault causing bodily harm for attacking that man.
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