Family, supporters of 3 killed in 2022 Point Douglas attacks face teen killer in court

Ozten Shebahkeget · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 09, 2025 6:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

WARNING: This communicative contains graphic details.

The sister of a pistillate beaten to decease astatine random astir 3 years agone faced 1 of her sibling's killers successful a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday, wherever a judge is proceeding arguments on whether to condemnation the present 18-year-old arsenic an adult.

Danielle Dawn Ballantyne, 36, was 1 of 3 radical killed successful a bid of aboriginal greeting attacks connected Aug. 22, 2022. Two men — Marvin William Felix, a 54-year-old amputee who utilized a wheelchair, and Troy Baguley, 51 — were critically injured that greeting and aboriginal died successful hospital.

Two teens, some 15 astatine the clip of the killings, pleaded blameworthy to second-degree execution successful the deaths of Ballantyne and Felix. Both were besides charged with manslaughter successful Baguley's death, but that complaint was stayed successful January for 1 of the teens.

Manitoba Court of King's Bench Justice Gerald Chartier is present proceeding arguments connected whether the different idiosyncratic convicted, present 18, should beryllium sentenced arsenic an adult, successful sentencing hearings that began connected Monday.

Kristy Ballantyne, Danielle's sister, said the 18-year-old didn't conscionable instrumentality her sister's beingness — helium besides tore isolated their family.

"What you took from america tin ne'er beryllium replaced," she said successful a unfortunate interaction connection she work aloud successful tribunal Wednesday. "You stole a portion of each azygous idiosyncratic who loved her."

The grief of her sister's convulsive decease led her to endure a bosom attack, Kristy said.

"My assemblage couldn't transportation the value of what you did."

While her sister is gone, Kristy said the teen tin ne'er instrumentality distant her family's emotion for Danielle.

She broke down successful tears astatine points portion speechmaking her interaction statement, and astatine different times turned to look the teen, who sat successful the prisoner's container with his caput held down for the astir part, looking up concisely to glimpse astatine Kristy a fewer times.

"I deliberation helium needed to spot the severity of my emotions, and however it impacted my life, and I wanted to talk to him, knowing that I americium present the dependable for my sister," she told CBC News outside the courthouse.

Prosecutors person recommended some teens person big sentences, which would mean automatic beingness sentences connected the second-degree execution charges. The maximum younker condemnation for second-degree execution is 7 years — up to 4 years successful custody, with up to different 3 years of probation.

Kristy said she wants to spot the teen person an big sentence.

"I deliberation it's important for … the public, due to the fact that it's a heinous crime, and helium has a continuous grounds of crime," she said.

In court, she asked the justice to retrieve that "behind this lawsuit are existent families surviving with the consequences of idiosyncratic else's choices."

"Please honour my sister, and the different victims' families, by delivering a condemnation that reflects the heavy and lasting harm caused by their passing."

'Who would bash this to him?'

Victim interaction statements written by Felix's two sisters remembered him arsenic a caring and peaceful idiosyncratic who liked to thatch radical however to bake, and who enjoyed making bannock to stock with others, including astatine stateless shelters adjacent wherever helium was killed.

"Marvin lone had 1 leg. Who would bash this to him?" Marva George wrote successful her unfortunate interaction statement.

Victim interaction statements from unit members of Winnipeg's Turning Leaf Support Services — a non-profit that works with susceptible radical — were besides work aloud to retrieve Baguley.

He struggled with intelligence wellness challenges but desperately craved independence, and Turning Leaf unit helped him determination to Winnipeg from Saskatchewan and unrecorded connected his ain successful 2021, according to Meaghan Turko, Baguley's objective lawsuit manager.

Staff acted arsenic Baguley's chosen household successful Winnipeg, and helium was opening to reconnect with his Indigenous heritage, she said. But Baguley "never got to conscionable the goals helium acceptable for himself," said Turko, adding unit were devastated by his death.

"I bash instrumentality a tiny comfortableness successful knowing that ... for a twelvemonth and a half, helium did get to unrecorded beingness connected his presumption and marque his ain choices," she said.

Turko besides said Baguley was erstwhile a "hurt young antheral who lashed retired and caused symptom to others," but recovered healing and reclaimed his life.

"I privation the offenders the aforesaid journey. It is not an casual travel that they volition person to take, but healing is possible," she said.

The unfortunate interaction statements were presented arsenic the Crown wrapped up its sentencing arguments.

Prosecutor Jodi Koffman told the tribunal that the Crown indispensable beryllium the teen was morally liable for the killings, and that a seven-year younker condemnation is not capable to clasp him accountable oregon to support society.

The teen has been a accordant carnal menace to others, successful and retired of custody, she said, with offences that began earlier helium turned 12 years aged and continued to soon earlier his 18th birthday. There was a alteration successful his behaviour astatine that constituent that Koffman called "suspicious" and suggested whitethorn be manipulative.

Actions 'cry out' for big sentence: Crown

While an big sentenced for second-degree execution is ineligible for parole for 10 years, idiosyncratic who receives an big condemnation for an offence committed erstwhile they were 14 oregon 15 years aged is eligible for parole successful 5 to 7 years.

The Crown is seeking 7 years of parole ineligibility for the teen, with Koffman saying his actions are not mean for idiosyncratic his property and "cry out" for an big sentence.

"This is idiosyncratic who knows close from wrong," she said. "He volition request lifelong enactment and resources, and lone an big condemnation tin execute this."

Laura Robinson, the lawyer defending the 18-year-old, said helium accepted work for the killings by pleading guilty.

She argued the Crown has failed to beryllium her client demonstrated the motivation capableness of an big successful the killings.

Court heard Tuesday that the 18-year-old was diagnosed with attraction shortage hyperactivity disorder, fetal intoxicant spectrum disorder and mild intelligence disability. 

Robinson besides said the seriousness of the teen's offences, and the motivation outrage surrounding them, should not "outweigh the investigation that needs to beryllium done successful this case."

She is expected to wrapper up her arguments successful tribunal connected Thursday.