SALEM – The trial of a Lynn man charged with attacking his ex-girlfriend and then stabbing her new lover to death during a violent attack in 2007 is scheduled for an October trial date.Spassky Alcequiecz, 30, of Revere and Lynn, stands charged with the premeditated murder of 31-year-old Carlos Mejia of Lynn on April 20, 2007.He also faces charges of burglary and assault on an occupant and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the case.Superior Court judge Howard J. Whitehead scheduled the trial earlier this week for Oct. 22.It was about 3:20 a.m., on April 20 when police responded to 911 emergency call concerning a domestic dispute at 32 Crescent St.When they entered they found Alcequiecz standing in the kitchen covered with blood and holding a knife in his hand.Mejia was found in a bedroom. He had been stabbed five times in the neck and shoulder area.He was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where he died about three hours later as a result of the injuries.Alcequiecz? former girlfriend, Amanda J. Poisson, 28, was found in another room of the home which she and Alcequiecz recently had shared.Poisson was badly bruised with various contusions in the face. She was taken to Salem Hospital where she received 20 staples to the left side of her face.Authorities learned that Alcequiecz and Poisson had recently broken up. He reportedly went there because he suspected her of sleeping with Mejia.He first removed his son from the house, placed him in a motor vehicle parked out front then returned armed with knife.After gaining entrance a second time, he apparently used a battery adapter to beat Poisson in the face.Then, while attempting to gain entrance to the bedroom where Mejia was, they apparently struggled on opposite sides of the door and Alcequiecz repeatedly stabbed Mejia in the neck and shoulder area.Alcequiecz reportedly told authorities he had ingested cocaine and drank alcohol before the attack.Assistant District Attorney Michael P. Hickey lists some 24 potential witnesses for his case.Defense attorney Jeffrey T. Karp has indicated he will present a diminished capacity defense, which means he will say that at the time of the incident Alcequiecz could not conform his actions to the requirement of the law.The trial is expected to last one week. It is not known yet where the case will be tried.In the meantime, Alcequiecz remains held on no bail at the Middleton Jail pending the outcome of his case.A conviction on the first-degree murder charge carries a life sentence behind bars, with no chance of ever being paroled.