Sentencing expected for girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Toronto fatal swarming attack

Paola Loriggio · The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 02, 2025 9:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

A sentencing proceeding is scheduled Friday for a teen miss who pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter successful a deadly radical onslaught connected an unhoused Toronto man.

The miss entered a astonishment plea successful February arsenic she and different teen were being tried for second-degree execution successful the decease of Kenneth Lee.

The proceedings continued for her co-accused, who prosecutors allege fatally stabbed Lee during the attack, and a verdict is expected successful her lawsuit astatine the extremity of May.

Defence lawyers for that miss support she did not present the stroke that caused Lee's death, arguing it's intolerable to archer based connected the grounds who stabbed Lee oregon when.

The teen whose sentencing proceeding is planned contiguous was 16 astatine the clip of the incident, which took spot successful a downtown Toronto parkette successful December 2022.

The swarming was captured connected information video, and the footage served arsenic a cardinal portion of grounds astatine trial.

In it, the miss tin beryllium seen throwing a postulation cone astatine Lee, past hitting him with 1 arsenic helium tries to support himself against the group.

Lee died successful infirmary successful December 2022

An autopsy recovered that Lee, 59, died from daze owed to humor nonaccomplishment aft helium was stabbed successful the heart, tribunal has heard. He besides had a smaller stab coiled that did not lend to his death, arsenic good arsenic a scope of bruises and different injuries, tribunal heard.

One of the paramedics who arrived astatine the country soon aft the onslaught testified neither they nor Lee realized helium had been stabbed until aft helium collapsed.

Lee died connected the operating array astatine St. Michael's infirmary successful the aboriginal hours of Dec. 18, 2022, tribunal heard.

Police arrested 8 girls betwixt the ages of 13 and 16 successful the hours aft the incidental and charged them with second-degree murder.

In total, six person pleaded blameworthy to lesser charges — 4 to manslaughter, 1 to battle and 1 to battle with a limb and battle causing bodily harm.

The miss awaiting a verdict tried to plead blameworthy to manslaughter but her plea was rejected by the Crown.

A proceedings is scheduled to commencement adjacent week for the eighth girl.