Young killer’s sentence review delayed
A sentence review for a Medicine Hat,gucci outlet Alta., teenager who killed her parents and younger brother when she was 12 has been delayed for two weeks because of concerns about a newspaper report.
The girl, who cannot be named, and her then-boyfriend carried out the attack on her parents and eight-year-old brother at the family home in 2006.
The next year, she was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder and began serving the first part of a 10-year-sentence at a psychiatric hospital.
Every six months, the sentence, known as an intensive rehabilitative custody and supervision sentence, is reviewed, and the Court of Queen’s Bench gets an update on her rehabilitation.
But on Wednesday, a scheduled review was postponed because defence and Crown lawyers were concerned a newspaper story on the teen might have violated the law protecting young offenders. Although the story did not name the girl, it provided information on where she is living and what she is doing.
“Whether that breaks any law is the question, and the lawyers want two weeks to look into it,” CBC News reporter Joclyn Cozac said from Medicine Hat.
The lawyer for Canada’s youngest multiple killer said the newspaper story might have compromised her rehabilitation plans.
The teen’s former boyfriend, Jeremy Steinke, is serving a life sentence for his part in the killings, which the pair carried out because the parents didn’t approve of the relationship.
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