A man accused of carrying out a string of violent robberies targeting women in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and across Metro Vancouver will remain in custody until a bail hearing next month.
Joon Woo Lim appeared via video monitor in Port Coquitlam provincial court Wednesday morning. His lawyer, Mark Rowan, told the court that because of the complicated nature of the case, he would need two weeks to prepare for a bail hearing, which has been scheduled for June 1.
In the meantime the 32-year-old Surrey resident will remain in custody.
Lim is facing 11 charges, ranging from multiple counts of robbery to dangerous driving to disguising his face with intent to commit an offence, stemming from a 48-hour crime spree.
Police say the attacks began at 5:40 a.m. on May 5, when a woman working in a Surrey coffee shop was attacked and robbed by a man with a crowbar. Less than an hour later, another woman was attacked by a man with a knife in North Vancouver.
At 8:30 a.m. the same day, another North Vancouver woman was walking alone when she was struck by a man with an unidentified weapon.
Approximately an hour after that, an elderly Port Coquitlam woman was walking at the intersection of Patricia Avenue and Hastings Street when she was attacked and beaten over the head with a weapon, leaving her in hospital. The woman's purse was taken in the struggle.
And at 10 p.m. the same day, a woman with a young child in the back seat of her car was driving on Lansdowne Drive in Coquitlam when she was rear-ended by another vehicle. When the woman pulled over to check the damage, she was struck with a hammer by a man who attempted to steal the car. Nearby residents came to the women's aid but the attacker was able to get away.
After another attack on May 6 against a woman standing on a Vancouver sidewalk, police were able to make an arrest.
