Overview
- Justice Krista Zerr accepted a joint Crown–defence submission on Monday at Saskatoon’s Court of King’s Bench.
- The youth sentence totals two years in secure custody followed by one year of community supervision under the IRCS program.
- The now 16-year-old pleaded guilty to attempted murder for the September 2024 attack at Evan Hardy Collegiate and also admitted injuring a teacher, resulting in a concurrent term.
- Court materials described premeditation and prior harassment, including obsessive messages and a journal entry stating the victim was "going to die today."
- The Crown cited diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder and pyromania; the victim spent about three months in a specialized burn unit and family members detailed lasting trauma in impact statements.