Swarming Death

• Teen girl found guilty of manslaughter in fatal swarming apologizes in court

  Standing before the judge, the girl apologized to Kenneth Lee's family and friends while acknowledging that it wouldn't "make anything better."

  Canada

  Jul 30, 2025
  
• ‘He was loved’: Family members devastated by death of man allegedly swarmed by teens

  A Crown prosecutor read out victim impact statements from Kenneth Lee's sister, brother-in-law and cousin Friday at a sentencing hearing for one of the girls accused in his death.

  Crime

  Jul 12, 2024
  
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• Teen girl pleads guilty to assault in death of homeless Toronto man

  Eight girls between the ages of 13 and 16 were initially charged with second-degree murder in the December 2022 death of Kenneth Lee.

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2024
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• Another teen girl charged in death of Toronto homeless man denied bail

  Three 13-year-olds, three 14-year-olds, and two 16-year-olds are accused of swarming and stabbing a 59-year-old man in the downtown core on Dec. 18. Lee later died in hospital.

  Crime

  Feb 10, 2023
• Identity of homeless man killed in downtown Toronto ‘swarming’ by teen girls released

  The man killed in the mid-December swarming in Toronto has been identified as 59-year-old Ken Lee.

  Crime

  Jan 10, 2023
• Blood-stained shoes to be retested, killer hopes for Ministerial Review of conviction in Lukas Strasser-Hird murder

  Global News has learned Shlah’s defence plans to apply for a Ministerial Review of the conviction.

  Crime

  Mar 9, 2021
• Supreme Court dismisses appeals related to 2013 swarming death of Calgary man

  Canada's highest court ruled from the bench on Friday, dismissing two appeals relating to the 2013 swarming death of Lukas Strasser-Hird.

  Crime

  Nov 15, 2019
• Man found guilty of murder in Calgary swarming death files notice of appeal to Supreme Court

  One of the men found guilty of second-degree murder in a deadly 2013 swarming attack in Calgary has filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in an effort to have his conviction thrown out.

  Crime

  Jun 4, 2019
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• Judge sentences 3 youths convicted in swarming death of Luka Gordic, one to life in prison

  Only one of the trio was sentenced as an adult for their role in the attack in Whistler in May 2015.

  Crime

  Jan 11, 2019
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• Family, friends of Luka Gordic share their stories during first day of sentencing for accused

  The Crown has asked for nine to 11 years of jail time for Arvin Golic, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2015 death.

  Crime

  Oct 17, 2017