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Vakhtang Makhniashvili(centre) wore an orange prisoner's jumpsuit during his appearance in a Toronto court on Friday, Nov. 5, 2010.
Updated: Wed Nov. 10 2010 1:10:23 PM
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The father of missing Toronto teenager Mariam Makhniashvili appeared in court Wednesday on charges related to a double stabbing.
Vakhtang Makhniashvili, 50, is facing charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and breach of recognizance stemming from the Nov. 4 incident.
He has been held in protective custody since he turned himself in to police after a man and woman were stabbed at their Greenwood Avenue home.
A bail hearing on Nov. 5 was adjourned after his lawyer requested Makhniashvili be evаluated by a forensic psychiatrist.
The victims have been identified as David and Delores Langer, a couple who posted bail for Makhniashvili when he was charged in a separate stabbing about six months ago.
That incident occurred on May 7, a day in which a body had been discovered in a northeast Toronto park.
Makhniashvili reportedly did not know the couple when they offered to put up bail on his behalf.
For unknown reasons, the couple later withdrew bail and his own wife, Lela Tabidze, was forced to put up his bail instead.
After Makhniashvili's last court appearance, Lawyer Calvin Barry said his client has been under tremendous stress.
The Makhniashvili family has been at the centre of a series of bizarre headlines since then 17-year-old Mariam vanished in September 2009.
Earlier this month, 17-year-old son Giorgi, also known as George, disappeared from home, only to turn up at a police station the next morning.
Vakhtang Makhniashvili would later dismiss the disappearance as teenage angst, but the similarities between George's disappearance and his sister's a year earlier caused a momentary frenzy.
George was the last person known to see Mariam on Sept. 14, 2009 after they arrived at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute. Other than the discovery of her school backpack several weeks later, no firm evidence of her fate has ever surfaced.
No allegations against Vakhtang have been proven in a court of law.
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The father of missing teen Mariam Makhniashvili will remain in jail on an attempted murder charge.
Vakhtang Makhniashvili waived his right to a bail hearing today and consented to stay behind bars.
Outside a downtown Toronto court his lawyer, Calvin Barry, said Makhniashvili could not find a suitable surety to post bail — adding he might seek bail at a later date.
Makhniashvili, 50, was charged last week after a couple were stabbed in front of their east-end home.
The couple had posted bail for Makhniashvili after he was charged with stabbing a neighbour in May.
Makhniashvili is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and failure to comply with bail conditions.
Mariam Makhniashvili was 17 when she mysteriously disappeared more than a year ago.
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The father of missing teen Mariam Makhniashvili will remain in jail on an attempted murder charge.
Vakhtang Makhniashvili waived his right to a bail hearing today and consented to stay behind bars.
Outside a downtown Toronto court his lawyer, Calvin Barry, said Makhniashvili could not find a suitable surety to post bail — adding he might seek bail at a later date.
Makhniashvili, 50, was charged last week after a couple were stabbed in front of their east-end home.
The couple had posted bail for Makhniashvili after he was charged with stabbing a neighbour in May.
Makhniashvili is charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault and failure to comply with bail conditions.
Mariam Makhniashvili was 17 when she mysteriously disappeared more than a year ago.
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