{"id":18031,"date":"2025-02-24T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/i-wanted-revenge-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges-in-random-ttc-stabbing-toronto\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T17:48:54","slug":"i-wanted-revenge-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges-in-random-ttc-stabbing-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/i-wanted-revenge-man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-charges-in-random-ttc-stabbing-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I wanted revenge\u2019: Man pleads guilty to murder charges in random TTC stabbing – Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A Chinese national who stabbed two strangers \u2014 one fatally \u2014 on a TTC train more than two years ago has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder.<\/p>\n

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Neng Jia Jin\u2019s guilty plea Monday came just as the trial for 55-year-old Chinese national was set to begin, and just days after Jin\u2019s lawyers brought an application to be removed as counsel due to a \u201cbreakdown\u201d in relationship.<\/p>\n

Jin has admitted that on Dec. 8, 2022, he fatally stabbed 31-year-old Vanessa Kurpiewska<\/a>, who was a passenger on a train that was stopped at High Park station. He has also admitted that he tried to kill another woman, 37-year-old Sulakshana Srijeyarayah, who survived.<\/p>\n

Before the guilty pleas, Superior Court Justice Joan Barrett conducted a lengthy plea inquiry with Jin, who sat with his head down on his chest and his eyes clothes, until he was asked a question at which time, he sat up.<\/p>\n

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Barrett asked Jin about whether he understood he was giving up his right to a trial, and whether he understood the consequences of the guilty pleas. He said he did.<\/p>\n

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When Barrett reminded Jin that by pleading guilty, he was admitting to killing another person on the subway that day, Jin replied through a interpreter, \u201cbecause the Canadian doctor harmed me. I wanted revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou met with some doctors and I know that you have some mental health concerns,\u201d Barrett said. Jin raised his voice and denied having mental issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have no mental problem,\u201d he said through the interpreter. He told the judge he wanted revenge because a doctor left him blinded, and no lawyer would help him sue the doctor.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat lawyer told me because I had no status, I cannot take another doctor to court,\u201d Jin said through the interpreter.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter I heard about that, the hate I have inside of me made me feel I want to kill because not only the Canadian doctor hurt me, so too the court system. The legal system here is not really good to the people without status, therefore \u2026 I must revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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