DETROIT (DDN) – The guy accused of stabbing a 7-year-old child with a knife in a Detroit park in October 2024 appeared in Wayne County court on Thursday morning.
Gary Lansky came before a court via Zoom on Thursday for a competency hearing, which was supposed to establish if he was mentally able to stand trial.
Instead, the 73-year-old waived his preliminary examination, and the case now moved to circuit court.
Lansky is suspected of stabbing 7-year-old Saida Mashra with a knife while she was playing in the park.
“She’s recovered, but the scars are still there, and it reminds her of everything that happened,” said Saida’s mother, Amirah Sharhan. Sharhan claims that her daughter has the nightmare she had last year daily.
“She has changed a lot since the accident. “She has been dreaming about him every night,” Sharhan explained.
In October, Saida claimed she was playing with friends at Ryan Park at Kirkwood and Greenview Avenue in Detroit when she was attacked with a knife.
Saida was able to flee after the assault, although she required at least 20 stitches on her neck. Her relatives and the police think it was a hate crime.
Lansky is accused of assault with intent to murder and felonious assault.
Saida’s family was moved at the hearing on Thursday. Her mother claims that Lansky’s claimed acts go deeper than the knife used to attack her daughter.
“She says ‘Why me?'” Why me? “Why did he have to do this to me?” She deserves justice. “She deserved it,” Sharhan stated.
Lansky is due back in court on January 30.
Reference: Detroit man accused of slashing 7-year-old girl’s throat headed to circuit court
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