Stephen Fowler Speaks to KCR about the Fiona Coyle Court Decision
August 5, 2020•1 Minutes
In September 2019 Stephen Fowler was stabbed after he intervened during a knife attack at the corner of Baker and Stanley St. Fiona Coyle, who stabbed him, was found “not criminally responsible” in Nelson Court last week for injuring him and a Slocan Valley woman. A BC judge found Coyle was suffering from a “psychotic incident” at the time of the incident.
KCR spoke to Fowler last week about the stabbing and what was going through his mind in the courtroom.
Fowler, a long time member of Nelson’s arts and culture scene and the proprietor of Booksmyth Used Books on Baker, empathized with Coyle.
“I came out of this pretty untouched really, certainly compared with Ramita and Fiona. She’s a paranoid schizophrenic and is living with that for the rest of her life, and will probably, conceivably be institutionalized for the rest of her life.”
