The murder trial of two teenage girls accused in the killing of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old homeless man in Toronto, is focusing on evidence suggesting the girls may have been drinking hours before the fatal encounter. A TTC special constable who encountered the group at St. George subway station testified about their loud and rowdy behavior, leading to their expulsion. The presence of an open bottle of Crown Royal whisky further fueled suspicions of alcohol consumption.
The murder trial of two teen girls accused in the killing of a Toronto homeless man is hearing that some in their group seemed to have been drinking hours before they encountered him in a parkette. A Toronto Transit Commission special constable who interacted with the group at St. George subway station the evening of December 17, 2022, testified today that some of them had been drinking, though not to the point where they couldn’t take care of themselves or communicate properly.
Kyle Tanev says that while he didn’t see anyone drinking, he reached that conclusion in part based on the group’s loud and rowdy behaviour at the station – which eventually led them to get kicked out – and because they had an open bottle of Crown Royal whisky. Court heard that an incident report written by Tanev and his partner says one girl in the group was cautioned for having an open bottle of alcohol that they were consuming together. The two girls, who were 14 and 16 at the time, are part of a group of eight charged in the death of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who was living in Toronto’s shelter system. Lee died in the early hours of December 18, 2022, after he was beaten and stabbed in a Toronto parkette. The two girls have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. Last year, three girls pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the case, and one to assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm. The remaining two girls are set to face trial by jury in May, one on a charge of second-degree murder and one on a charge of manslaughter.
HOMELESSNESS MURDER TRIAL TEENAGERS ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION TORONTO PARKETTE
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