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When Justin Kenneth William Salt stabbed a Saskatoon taxi driver in the head with a pair of scissors, it was almost like he wanted to be caught.

The whole thing was “unusual,” Salt’s lawyer told a Queen’s Bench judge.

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Salt gave the man time to leave the van cab after pulling out the scissors and telling him, “I’m going to hurt you; you better call police.” Video surveillance shows Salt calmly emerge from the passenger side, transferring a pair of scissors from one hand to another. He followed the driver, who slipped and fell on the icy street, and punctured him on the top of his head, according to the facts presented in court.

Salt then walked back to the Manchester Brew Pub off-sale on 33rd Street, where the cab had stopped so Salt’s friend could buy alcohol, and waited for police to arrive, Crown prosecutor Evan Thompson said. There was no evidence the assault on Nov. 14, 2014 was part of a robbery.