PARKSVILLE – No-showing for a court appearance led to an arrest warrant for a Parksville man with a lengthy and troubling criminal history.
Hudson David Klassen failed to show up for his scheduled Tuesday, Oct 27 court appearance in relation to a stabbing at a makeshift homeless camp near Parksville’s Wembley Mall on Aug. 10.
A man was stabbed in the shoulder, while Klassen was arrested on the same day without incident, Oceanside RCMP reported.
Klassen was charged with assault, assault with a weapon and breaching court-ordered conditions.
A Nanaimo judge later freed Klassen, granting him bail on numerous court-ordered conditions.
Klassen was convicted and jailed for four months earlier this year for breaking into a Parksville industrial business in January.
The incident was captured on video in real-time.
Klassen has a long history of addiction, property crimes and violence.
He spent eight months in jail last year after pleading guilty to several primarily property related crimes in the Parksville-Errington area.
Klassen was jailed for nearly two years for attacking a woman at an Uplands Dr. apartment unit in Nanaimo in 2012, which turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
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