A Halifax-area teen has been sentenced to four years in custody and three years in supervision after a fatal stabbing of a teenager at a mall parking garage last year.
The province’s prosecution service says it is the maximum penalty available under the Youth Criminal Justice Act for second-degree murder.
However, the 16-year-old, who was 14 at the time of the incident, was docked 12 months partially due to time spend in detention.
It was in April 2024 when 16-year-old Ahmed Al Marrach was attacked by four teenagers at a Halifax mall.
He was a student at Citadel High School who moved to Halifax from Syria in 2016.
According to the agreed statement of facts, the accused stole a knife from a store and joined three other teens in the attack, but it was he who plunged the knife into the boy’s chest.
A 17-year-old boy was found guilty of manslaughter in July, a girl 14 at the time, as well as another boy who was 16 at the time have also pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
The identities of all four teens are protected under a publication ban.
