A youth who was 15 years old when he violently attacked three vulnerable people resulting in their deaths has been handed a life sentence in prison.
A Manitoba Court of King’s Bench justice sentenced the now 18-year-old male to life in prison with no chance of parole for seven years.
The teen previously pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the beating deaths of Danielle Ballantyne, Marvin Felix and Troy Baguley in August 2022 near Winnipeg’s downtown.
The male cannot be identified because he was a youth when the crimes were committed.
The defence was seeking he be sentenced as a youth, meaning a combination of seven years in and out of custody, while Crown prosecutors argued the teen be sentenced as an adult.
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Justice Gerald Chartier sided with the Crown, saying a youth sentence would not be sufficient or hold the teen properly accountable for his crimes.
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