A Calgary teenager who fatally stabbed a child he had never met received a seven -year sentence on Monday, the maximum punishment for a young man convicted of second degree murder.
The murderer can only be identified as SK due to a prohibition of publication under the Law of Juvenile Criminal Justice (YCJA).
SK was 17 years old on June 6, 2024 when he fatally stabbed a 16 -year -old who had only met on social networks.
His interactions in social networks were “hostile and hostile,” said the justice of the King’s Bench bank, Lisa Silver, when issuing his decision on Monday.
Silver sentenced SK four years of custody followed by a three -year community supervision.
For a young man convicted of second degree murder, the sentence is the maxim under the YCJA. The sentence was proposed jointly by prosecutor Rob Marquette and defenders Sam Taylor and Rebecca Snukal.
Sk ‘on the way to success’
Silver also put on the side of the defense, accrediting SK for the time he had spent custody to date.
“SK is now on the road to success [but the] Journey is far from finishing, “said the judge, noting that SK has participated in the programming, requested individual advice and offered as a volunteer for the mentors of the inmates.
“Rehabilitation is an attainable objective.”
When issuing his decision, Silver described the facts of the case.
The court heard that in the weeks prior to homicide, SK and Visser had fought for social networks.
When Sk saw Visser walking down a southeast street with his girlfriend, he ran behind the couple and stabbed the victim at least three times.
‘The most terrible act’
At that time, Visser wore a expensive hooded sweatshirt known as Bape. SK demanded the BAPE that Visser delivered.
Following the stabbing, SK ran out of the scene, got rid of the clothes he had been wearing and had lied to his mother and the police, telling them that he had acted in self -defense after being attacked by Visser.
Once confronted with CCTV images, SK admitted their role, telling researchers that they had passed out with anger by the dispute on social networks.
“You have done something terrible, the most terrible act that anyone can do,” said Judge Lisa Silver to SK, directing the teenager.
“And for what? Everything for an argument, a disgust, a hoodie.”
At a sentence hearing in June, Silver heard powerful impact statements of the victim of the parents and Visser’s sister.
He pointed out that the family is “bewildered in their pain … They tell the days of their loss.”
