ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — The case of a man charged in the stabbing of an 11-year-old boy on an eastern Newfoundland soccer field returns to court today.
Nicholas Layman is charged with attempted murder in the Sept. 25 incident in Conception Bay South, near St. John's.
The 19-year-old man has been undergoing a month-long psychiatric assessment at the Waterford Hospital.
Police have said the boy was stabbed by a man who rushed onto the playing area during a routine evening skills clinic.
The boy was taken to hospital where he underwent surgery, though he has since been released.
He cannot be identified because of a court-ordered publication ban.
