Kelowna man jailed for random backyard attack wanted by police, again

A 39-year-old Kelowna man, who was jailed after he randomly attacked a woman and her neighbour four years ago, is again wanted by police after he failed to show up to court for a new offence.

Brady Allan Dolphin was supposed to be in court Thursday, Jan. 8, facing a charge of shoplifting, but didn’t turn up.

Dolphin made headlines in 2021 when, on a September afternoon, he randomly attacked a Kelowna woman who was in her backyard, and assaulted her 66-year-old neighbour who heard her screams and came to help.

In the summer of 2024, he was sentenced to five years in jail for the random attacks, but having spent so much time behind bars before he was sentenced, he only had 10 months left to serve.

It’s unclear when he was released from jail, but he was back out in the community by January 2025 and breached his probation.

Throughout 2025, Dolphin was charged with failing to report to his probation officer on four occasions. For three of those breaches he was given jail sentences of time already served behind bars and released. One charge remains outstanding.

Along with the breaches of his release, Dolphin was also convicted of theft and resisting arrest last spring and sentenced to 12 months probation.

His latest charge comes following an allegation that he shoplifted from London Drugs last September.

During Dolpin’s sentencing for the 2021 attack, the judge noted that he needed insight and help with his problems, or he would likely reoffend.

Dolphin’s random attack in 2021 had a profound effect on the victim, who sold her home and moved following the incident.

The then 40-year-old woman had been in her backyard at 3:30 p.m. in the afternoon when Dolphin entered the yard, grabbed her and put her in a choke hold. He then tried to get into her house. She was on the phone at the time and asked her friend to call 911. 

A 66-year-old neighbour heard her screams and came to help, only to be hit with a shovel.

The woman fled to a nearby daycare and Dolphin followed, but was later arrested.

He later told police he had set out to sexually assault a random woman.

Dolphin was experiencing drug-related psychotic delusions at the time of the attack and was found to be unfit to stand trial due to a mental disorder, although the ruling was later reversed.

A psychiatric report found he was at a high risk of reoffending if he continued to resist treatment and help with his mental health and substance use issues.

Following his no-show in court Thursday, a warrant was issued for his arrest.