Halifax man convicted of manslaughter in 2020 gas station stabbing
James Arthur Williams, 48, was found guilty of manslaughter by a Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury for the June 2020 stabbing death of Terrance Dixon at a Halifax gas station. He will be sentenced on Dec. 18.
A jury at the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Dartmouth has found James Arthur Williams, 48, guilty of manslaughter following a 22-day trial connected to the 2020 stabbing death of Terrance Dixon. Williams is scheduled to return to court for sentencing on Dec. 18.
Dixon, who was 47 years old, was stabbed while sitting in his vehicle at an Esso gas station on Young Street in Halifax on the evening of June 29, 2020. He died in hospital five days later after suffering a stroke caused by blood loss.
The conviction follows a complex legal process for Williams. Halfway through his first trial in February 2024, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. However, in December 2024, Justice James Chipman ruled that Williams could withdraw that plea, leading to the recent trial and manslaughter verdict.
Two other men were charged in connection with the crime. Paul Shane Miller, 48, of Dartmouth, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February 2024 and was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 12 years. Ian Matthew Huskins, 45, is charged with manslaughter and is scheduled to stand trial by judge alone starting Nov. 16.
Huskins has faced previous homicide charges. He was acquitted of first-degree murder in the 2010 death of Neil Joseph Blades and was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2020 killing of Trevor Charles Miller, a conviction he is currently appealing.