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Parolee who stabbed 14 yr girl in bakery goes to trial

The trial of a parolee accused of stabbing a 14-year-old girl at a San Francisco bakery in 2007 gets under way Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court.

Scott Thomas, now 29, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated mayhem and one count of assault with a deadly weapon. He has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

According to police and prosecutors, Thomas, originally from Van Nuys, had been released from San Quentin State Prison the day before the May 19, 2007, stabbing at Creighton's Bakery, near Twin Peaks…

LINK - SFExaminer.com