Swarming Attack

• All 5 youths involved in swarming attack against Kelowna teen plead guilty

  The attack, which left a 13-year-old girl unconscious, drew widespread attention after graphic footage of the incident circulated widely on social media.

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  May 7, 2025
  
• Girl who pleaded guilty to assault in fatal swarming sentenced to 9-month probation

  The girl was set to face trial for manslaughter in the death of 59-year-old Kenneth Lee when she pleaded guilty to the lesser charge last month.

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  May 6, 2025
  
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• Teen girl may have meant to hurt Kenneth Lee but didn’t intend to kill him: defence

  A teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man during a chaotic and violent swarming in downtown Toronto may have meant to hurt him.

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  Apr 3, 2025
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• Teens’ murder trial hears some in group seemed to be drinking before alleged swarming

  The murder trial of two teen girls accused in the killing of a Toronto homeless man is hearing that some in their group seemed to have been drinking before they encountered him.

  Crime

  Feb 11, 2025
• Girl accused in death of homeless Toronto man dropped marker, not knife: defence

  The girl is one of two teens on trial in the alleged murder of Kenneth Lee, who died on Dec. 18, 2022 after he was beaten and stabbed in a downtown Toronto parkette.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2025
• Kenneth Lee’s face was ‘covered in blood,’ shelter worker tells teens’ murder trial

  Melissa Alexander took the stand at the trial of two teen girls charged in the death of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who was living in the city's shelter system.

  Crime

  Feb 6, 2025
• Second teen sentenced in death of Kenneth Lee gets 21 months probation

  The girl pleaded guilty to manslaughter earlier this year in the 2022 death of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who was living in the city's shelter system.

  Crime

  Oct 1, 2024
• Two more girls released on bail in swarming death of Toronto homeless man

  Just one youth facing second-degree murder charges in the death of Kenneth Lee now remains in custody. The remaining seven have been released on bail.

  Canada

  Apr 28, 2023
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• RCMP investigate swarming attack in southern Alberta

  Police are looking to the public for help as they investigate a swarming attack in Okotoks, Alta.

  Crime

  Aug 24, 2016