An 11-year-old Pickering boy who committed suicide less than a year after being mugged identified his alleged assailant in school two days after the attack, court has heard.

Mitchell Wilson saw the student leaving the office at Westcreek Public School and later picked him out in a class picture last November, his stepmother Tiffany Usher testified in Oshawa court on Monday.

“He pointed right to him,” she said. “He said, ‘he’s for sure the one’.”

A 12-year-old boy identified as J.S. because of his age has pleaded not guilty to robbery and assault causing bodily harm.

Mitchell, who had muscular dystrophy, was on his prescribed daily walk when he was allegedly knocked down and his father’s iPhone stolen. Two and a half months ago, his father Craig Wilson found him with a plastic bag over his head, Mitchell’s family told the Star in an earlier interview. He had become increasingly depressed and anxious after the alleged attack and subsequent bullying, they said.

It has yet to be decided whether statements Mitchell gave police will be admissible as evidence.

Usher told Justice Mary Teresa Devlin she happened to drive by when Mitchell was jumped by two boys whose faces were hidden by hoodies. Only one person has been charged.

“He was bleeding from the mouth, his front teeth were chipped. He was really upset,” Usher testified. She said Mitchell, who was 10 at the time, later received counselling and psychiatric help.

The school’s vice-principal and principal also testified that Mitchell recognized his alleged attacker in person and in a Grade 7 class picture.

“He scanned the picture and pointed at (J.S.’s) photo. He said that’s the guy,” principal Tony Rizzuto told court, adding Mitchell didn’t know the student’s name.

The trial continues Feb. 7.