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The B.C. Supreme Court has given a woman who was convicted of assaulting a four-year-old boy a chance to fight potential deportation.

Feng Eng, who has permanent resident status but has not become a Canadian citizen since immigrating to Canada from China in 1992, pleaded guilty in June 2016 to one assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.

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The offences related to an incident on July 1, 2015 when the boy and his grandmother were in the backyard of a B.C. residence where Eng, a mother of two adult children who is now in her mid-50s, lived.

Angered by the noise they were causing, Eng seized a kitchen knife with a 12-inch blade, ran outside and attacked the boy, who is only identified with the initials D.W. in a court ruling on the case.

The grandmother tried to intervene but suffered cuts to her hand when she tried to grab the knife from Eng.

Hearing the screams, D.W.’s father came running, tackled Eng and took the knife from her.