Family of the slain 16-year-old girl Hannah Leflar will need to wait until spring 2017 to learn if Leflar’s accused killer, a 17-year-old boy, will be sentenced as an adult.
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Leflar, who was a Grade 11 Thom Collegiate student, was found dead inside a home on the 400 block of Garnet Street North on Jan. 12, 2015.
The 17-year-old, who cannot be named under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, appeared in a Regina courtroom Monday for a hearing that would decide whether the boy would be sentenced as a youth or an adult.
If the accused were sentenced as adult, he would be given an automatic life sentence.
However, because a number of reports necessary for the hearing were not completed, the hearing had to be adjourned until May 8, 2017. Those reports include a psychiatric assessment, psychological assessment, pre-sentencing report and a placement report.
A second 17-year-old teen also charged in Leflar’s murder is in custody and has a court date scheduled for Nov. 14.