Swarming

• Two teen girls charged in Oshawa, Ont., swarming, 11-year-old also a suspect: police

  But Durham Region police said there's "no evidence" at this time that hate was an aggravating factor in the alleged attack on a Muslim woman whose hijab was ripped off.

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  Jul 11
  
• Victim’s hijab allegedly pulled off in Ontario swarming attack, police investigating

  Durham Regional Police said the incident happened just after midnight at a Pizza Pizza location on Wentworth Street West in Oshawa and ended with an assault.

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  Jul 3
  
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• Court hears sentencing submissions for teen girl who pleaded guilty in deadly attack

  A sentencing hearing is scheduled Friday for a teen girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in a deadly group attack on a homeless Toronto man.

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  May 2
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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
• Closing submissions resume in trial of teen girl accused of killing Kenneth Lee

  The Crown began its submissions mid-February but could not continue until this week due to scheduling issues.

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  Apr 2
• 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.

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  Feb 11
• 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.

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  Feb 10
• Homeless man was stabbed in heart and died from blood loss, teens’ murder trial hears

  Jennifer Ellis testified today at the trial of two teen girls who have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Kenneth Lee.

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  Feb 7
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• Toronto teen girls’ murder trial hears others in their group seen with knife that night

  The trial of two teen girls accused in the death of a homeless Toronto man is hearing other girls in their group were seen with a knife earlier that night.

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  Feb 5
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• 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.

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  Oct 1, 2024