The 18-year-old accused pled guilty to manslaughter after fatally stabbing a 14-year-old boy once in the chest during an altercation.
The accused, an Aboriginal offender with a tragic background of abuse and neglect, introduced a knife into a fist-fight after being provoked by a group of youths.
The court applied Gladue principles and weighed the aggravating factors of the victim's youth and the use of a weapon against the mitigating factors of the accused's background, guilty plea, and remorse.
The court sentenced the accused to 6 years in a penitentiary, less 20 months of pre-sentence custody credit.
