Youth sentencing delayed in murder case
Probation officials didn’t have full details ready for intensive rehabilitative and custody supervision program (IRCS) plan that Crown, defence were recommending jointly to court
A jointly recommended sentence focusing on rehabilitation and supervision in the community for a teenager who killed his stepfather last year is on hold after court heard the arrangements weren’t in place yet.
An 18-year-old male defendant pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in August in the Court of King’s Bench, and the matter was set for a sentencing hearing Monday at the Burton Courthouse.
The offender stabbed his stepfather in the head in Nasonworth on May 13, 2024, court heard in September. The young man was only 17 years old then.
Given the accused’s age at the time, his identity is protected under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and since the 34-year–old victim was a family member, the Fredericton Independent isn’t naming him either so as to comply with the publication ban.
The sentencing hearing hit a snag Monday, as Justice Richard Petrie noted something was missing.
