Teen receives maximum youth sentence in death of Pickering grandmother
A 15-year-old boy has received the maximum youth sentence for the first-degree murder of an 83-year-old Pickering grandmother. The sentence includes five years in custody and four years of supervised community reintegration.
Why it matters
The case highlights the application of the Youth Criminal Justice Act in Canada regarding violent crimes committed by minors.
An Oshawa judge has given the maximum youth sentence to a 15-year-old who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of a beloved Pickering grandmother.
During a hearing at an Oshawa courthouse Wednesday morning, Superior Court Justice Lisa Wannamaker said the teen — who can’t be identified due to provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) — must serve five more years in custody at a facility and then four years in the community as part of a rigorous, supervised reintegration plan.
Under the YCJA, six years in custody is the maximum allowed as part of a youth sentence. Wannamaker gave a year of credit for pre-sentence custody, which is a position the boy’s attorney argued a day before as part of the sentencing hearing.
During a hearing in April, the teen pleaded guilty to first-degree murder.
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