Man wanted in Sudbury robbery charged in 'random and isolated' stabbing attack downtown

A Greater Sudbury woman is upset about the charges laid against the man accused of attacking her son and a group of his colleagues downtown on Saturday.

A Greater Sudbury woman is upset about the charges laid against the man accused of attacking her son and a group of his colleagues downtown on Saturday.

Crystal Richer told CTVNewsNorthernOntario.ca in a phone interview Monday her son suffered a severed artery and punctured lung after being stabbed on Larch Street at Minto Street, just steps from police headquarters.

He and his boss had taken out a few new employees from out of the country to show them the city's nightlife when they were attacked around 2:30 a.m. Oct. 12, Richer said.

"No words were exchanged," she said, stating the attacker "came out of nowhere."

She credits her son's coworker with saving her son's life.

"If it wasn't for his coworker stuffing his wound with his t-shirt, he wouldn't have made it," Richer said.

"If it wasn't for him, my son would be dead."