Dean will be sentenced February 26th on charges of assault with a weapon and having his faced concealed while committing an indictable offense. Two other charges were withdrawn.
Dean was charged after a jogger was confronted on a trail by a man armed with a knife. She managed to fight him off and he fled.
The prosecution telling the court a victim impact statement will be presented as well as a pre-sentence report. The court was also told a charge of sexual assault dating back to a separate case last August has been withdrawn.
