MAN GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER IN RELATION TO DOUBLE STABBING

MATTHEW BREDLO ADMITTED TO STABBING THE COUPLE OVER ALLEGEDLY STOLEN PROPERTY FROM WHEN THEY WERE ROOMMATES IN TORONTO

One of Matthew Bredlo's victims says she didn't even realize she was stabbed in the chest during the early morning hours of April, 12, 2019.

She says the terror and adrenaline she experienced dulled the physical pain for some time. Once that wore off, the woman says she began having difficulty breathing. She laid on the concrete in front of her Hunter Street apartment, struggling to comprehend the situation she had been put in, and suspected her lung had been punctured.

"The pain set in, and with every plea, every scream for help, I became acutely aware of the warmth of my blood pouring out," the woman said in her victim impact statement after Bredlo pleaded guilty to attempted murder and aggravated assault in the Superior Court of Justice in Peterborough on Monday, Sept. 19.

"I felt that if I didn't get help soon, I would die."

As she was on the ground bleeding to death, she wondered if her boyfriend's lung had been hit too, as he was clutching the same spot on his chest as she was.

"I love him so much and was so scared for his life. I couldn't understand why any of this was happening, why Matthew did this."

According to the agreed statement of facts, the couple were outside their residence on Hunter Street around 2 a.m. on April 12, 2019, when Bredlo, a former roommate of the couple, walked past and started yelling at them

in regards to alleged stolen property from four or five years ago when they all lived together in Toronto.

Bredlo approached the two on the front porch and lunged at the woman's boyfriend, and stabbed him on the left side of his chest with a knife. The woman attempted to intervene by getting be

tween the men, and she was stabbed at that time by Bredlo.

In his victim impact statement, the woman's boyfriend told the court the ordeal is exhausting, and in many ways, he feels like he's trying to keep his head above water.

"I've seen the worst in a person. Unbridled, manic, rage-induced violence. The closest thing I can imagine to it is like drowning. Kicking and fighting, powerless against a force of entity outside of my control," he explained.

"As I write this, I am also recognizing and acknowledging my deepest fear. I'm terrified of the idea of the accused coming after the ones I love most."

In the agreed statement of facts, it was admitted by Bredlo that he was trying to kill the man and then intended to kill himself. Bredlo admitted stabbing the woman but denied any intention to kill her.

"The trauma of watching my boyfriend (name omitted) fight off the man who plunged his knife into my chest, watching helplessly as my parents suffer, and knowing that anyone's life can be stolen from them is my new normal," the woman added.

"I survived that night, but without a doubt, a part of me has died."

Bredlo returns to court Nov. 16 for a sentencing hearing.