CRIME: St. Catharines man faces attempted murder charge after woman found stabbed at Niagara Falls hotel

JOHN ROBBINS/Bullet News

NIAGARA FALLS – A 20-year-old St. Catharines man is charged with attempted murder after a woman was found stabbed at a Niagara Falls hotel.

The incident happened Sunday morning.

Niagara Regional Police say they were called to the unnamed hotel to investigate a report of a person having been stabbed.

The victim, a 20-year-old woman, was taken to Greater Niagara General hospital where she underwent emergency surgery.

The woman, whose name has not been released, is listed in critical but stable condition, according to police.

“It doesn’t appear that the victim and suspect knew each other, however, the meeting on this date was prearranged,” police said in a statement late Sunday.

Charged with one count of attempted murder is 20-year-old Peter James Ashford, of St. Catharines. He was being held in custody pending a bail hearing.

The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the Casino Patrol Unit at 905-688-3911, ext 2180.

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John Robbins

John Robbins, an award-winning multimedia journalist, joined Bullet News as a staff writer in January 2011. He was named editor in April 2013. The veteran reporter worked in Niagara and Fort Erie for more than a decade, using his investigative skills in a wide range of beats, including local politics, health/environment, education, business and tourism. His writing has earned him six Ontario Newspaper Awards Robbins, born and raised in Niagara Falls, studied at Emmanuel Bible College and Brock University before graduating from the Journalism-Print program at Niagara College, where he earned several scholarships and awards. During his 11 years as a reporter at the Niagara Falls Review, Robbins, who was Fort Erie bureau chief from 2002-2006, was instrumental in bringing video and e-reporting skills into daily practice at the newspaper and helped build its web and social media audiences. In 2009, Robbins received an appointment to journalism-print advisory committee at Niagara College. Robbins lives in Ridgeway.