Overview
- A youth court judge on Dec. 1 imposed a custodial term reduced by 12 months to account for more than 19 months the teen spent in pre‑sentence detention.
- In January, the accused pleaded guilty to second‑degree murder in the death of 16‑year‑old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, a Grade 10 student at Citadel High School.
- Court records say four teens carried out a planned attack on April 22, 2024, during which the 14‑year‑old pulled a knife and stabbed Al Marrach in the chest.
- Before the confrontation, a 17‑year‑old had arranged a one‑on‑one fight with Al Marrach by text, and the group traveled by bus to a parkade near Halifax Shopping Centre.
- The killer, now 16, stole a large kitchen knife from a downtown discount store before the attack, and the articles do not report the final outcomes for the other teens involved.