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WARMINGTON: Commuter stabbed multiple times fears for safety after convict released from custody

· Toronto Sun

You can forgive Derek Dyckhoff for being a little nervous to ride the subway these days.  

The last time he was riding the TTC subway, he was nearly stabbed to death.

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On Monday, he got word that the man convicted of the violent act has not only been released from custody but may be living near him.  

And not banned from riding the underground rocket, either.

Dyckhoff said he received a phone call Monday from a probation officer who told him that Moses Lewin, 27, who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and has served his sentence, has not only been released but is now on probation.  

Court heard at the time of his sentencing that the stabbing coincided with the onset of Lewin’s schizophrenia in the late 2020s and noted there was a “pathway to rehabilitation” if Lewin was willing to “look into (his) mental health issues.”

He’s done his time. But time has not completely repaired the guy who was on the receiving end of the knife.  

“I was stabbed (multiple) times,” Dyckhoff said. “I was stabbed in both lungs, so things have not exactly been easy.”  

His hands and arms have permanent damage.  

The viral video of this attack on July 6, 2023 is shocking and horrifying. It shows the stabbing, the chase, and the blood.

If not for Toronto paramedics and Toronto Police who responded, and surgeons at the hospital, he’s confident he could be dead.  

“It has been hard,” he said of recovering and getting back to his regular life. “Some things have healed and others never will.”  

Lucky to be alive

That’s the bad news. The good news, he said, is “I am alive.” 

He knows it could have gone the other way. But this news has rocked him.  

Just getting back to riding on the TTC system was difficult because the flashbacks surrounding what happened were a concern. He only takes public transportation when he has to.  

But now he realizes, he just may see his Lewin on TTC transportaion again.  

While a warning to the released Lewin was issued to not “contact” his victim and that he must stay within a 100 metres of the victim, Dyckhoff admits this does not make him feel any safer. While the judge who sentenced Lewin said he could no longer attend Eglinton Station where this happened, that ban does not apply to the rest of the system.  

“I am worried about someone coming for me as payback for someone having to go to jail,” Dyckhoff said.  

This now makes him even more worried.  

“I am surprised that such a dangerous offender can be released so easily and not serve more time,” he said. ‘I don’t know where he was living but I was told it was downtown.”  

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Surprised he’s released

This means that while downtown, Dyckhoff feels he will need eyes in the back of his head.  

“I admit I am paranoid about it,” he said.  

But he says he will take all precautions he can to try to ensure he doesn’t run into the person who caused him so much harm and physical and financial distress.  

The problem is he, could be living next door, or end up on the same train car.  

Not only does Dyckhoff remember the last time they were on the subway together, he says he’s having a hard time forgetting it.  

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