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Lethbridge Boy, 12, Gets Maximum 3-Year Youth Rehab Sentence for Attempted Murder of Brother

The judge selected an IRCS order that prioritizes treatment for newly diagnosed mental-health issues.

Overview

  • Justice Ryan Anderson ordered an Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision sentence of two years in secure custody followed by one year of community supervision.
  • The term represents the maximum available under the Youth Criminal Justice Act for a youth offender not sentenced as an adult.
  • Court records note recent, previously untreated mental-health diagnoses, with access to programming and treatment during custody and a progress update due after one year.
  • Ancillary orders include a publication ban on identities, a required DNA sample, a 10-year weapons prohibition, and withdrawal of an aggravated assault charge.
  • The boy pleaded guilty on Dec. 10 to the August 2025 attack in which his seven-year-old brother suffered about nine stab wounds and was airlifted for emergency care.