The sentencing hearing for one of the two teens who killed 16-year-old Hannah Leflar started on Monday.
During the two-week sentencing hearing, Crown prosecutors will argue that the teenager should be sentenced as an adult.
The teen cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because of his age at the time.
Leflar was found stabbed to death in her home in north Regina on Jan. 12, 2015.
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On Monday, court heard from a Regina police investigator with the identification section, Cst. Garth Fleece.
Fleece was responsible for the overseeing of gathering and locating evidence. He documented the evidence at the youth’s home on Jan. 13, 2015.
At the youth’s home, he found bloodied clothing and a broken cellphone. Those were seized. Fleece said he also saw samurai swords, knives, pellet guns and a baseball bat with nails attached to it in the teen’s home.
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Court was also to hear from a friend of the youth. In light of new evidence, that testimony has been rescheduled for Friday.
If the youth who admitted to stabbing Leflar is sentenced as an adult, he would serve an automatic life sentence of 25 years, with no chance of parole for 10 years.
His identity would also become public information.
A second youth involved in Leflar’s killing has also pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder.
He will await his sentencing at a later date in the fall.
This sentencing hearing resumes Tuesday morning.
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