2 teens sentenced for role in fatal swarming outside Edmonton high school

Mrinali Anchan · CBC News

· Posted: May 26, 2025 6:53 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Two teens were sentenced Monday for their roles successful a fatal five-on-one swarming onslaught extracurricular an Edmonton precocious schoolhouse 3 years ago. 

Karanveer Sahota, 16, died aft helium was stabbed soon aft leaving schoolhouse connected the day of April 8, 2022.

The sentencing of the last 2 retired of 7 teens progressive successful the sidesplitting has brought the tribunal proceedings to a close. Both young men sentenced Monday have been found blameworthy of manslaughter.

The two young men, referred to arsenic P.D. and G.S. successful Monday's proceedings successful an Edmonton Court of King's Bench courtroom, were some nether 18 astatine the clip of the onslaught and cannot beryllium identified nether the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

P.D., who is now 19, volition serve 21 months. Half of the condemnation volition beryllium successful custody with the remainder to beryllium served nether conditional supervision of not being successful interaction with Sahota's family.

G.S., who is present 17, was fixed a 15-month condemnation with 5 months to beryllium served successful custody and 10 months nether conditional supervision of not being successful interaction with immoderate of the co-accused successful the case.

Justice Peter Michalyshyn said P.D.'s condemnation is based connected his engagement successful the swarming, which was only 2nd to different younker progressive successful the sidesplitting referred to arsenic M.A., who was 14 astatine the clip and admitted to stabbing the unfortunate once.

An aggravating origin was P.D.'s use of a tract hockey instrumentality to deed Sahota. 

It's taken three years for each the cases to upwind their mode done the tribunal system:

• A pistillate who was 17 astatine the clip of the onslaught admitted that she drove a car distant from the scene. She pleaded blameworthy to accessory aft the information to an battle with a weapon, and was sentenced to 12 months probation.
• A young antheral who was 15 astatine the clip admitted to driving a antithetic car from the scene. He pleaded blameworthy to the aforesaid complaint and received the aforesaid condemnation arsenic the operator of the different vehicle.
• A teen who was 15 astatine the time admitted to being portion of a radical battle connected the victim, but did not stab oregon punch him. The teen pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter and received 4 months successful jail, and 4 months of assemblage supervision.
• A teen who was 14 astatine the time admitted to stabbing the unfortunate erstwhile and pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter. He was sentenced to 18 months successful jailhouse followed by 18 months of probation.

"The offence of manslaughter is amongst the astir superior successful Canadian transgression law," Michalyshyn said astir his decision.

"I find their sentences are astir apt to rehabilitate P.D. and G.S. and to reintegrate them some into society." 

Both young men sentenced connected Monday volition beryllium connected probation for a twelvemonth aft their incarceration. 

A radical of much than 10 radical came to ticker the proceedings.