Teen girl pleads guilty to assault in fatal swarming attack of Toronto man

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 04, 2025 12:15 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

A teen miss acceptable to look proceedings for manslaughter successful the decease of a stateless Toronto antheral has pleaded blameworthy to the lesser complaint of assault.

The miss was 1 of 2 scheduled to spell connected proceedings adjacent period successful narration to the decease of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old antheral who died aft helium was attacked by a radical of teens successful December 2022.

The proceedings is expected to spell up for her co-accused, who is charged with second-degree murder.

Eight girls were arrested and charged with second-degree execution successful the hours aft Lee's death.

Five person antecedently pleaded blameworthy to lesser charges, 4 of them to manslaughter and 1 to battle causing bodily harm and battle with a weapon.

A verdict is expected astatine the extremity of May for a sixth miss who was tried by a justice alone. Closing submissions successful that proceedings ended Thursday.

The miss who pleaded blameworthy Friday is acceptable to beryllium sentenced astatine a aboriginal date.