Lawyers are set to begin legal arguments Monday for four girls scheduled to face trial this year over their alleged role in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto.
TorontoPosted: Jan 13, 2025 8:30 AM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Kenneth Lee, 59, was pronounced dead in hospital on Dec. 18, 2022, after a group of teen girls allegedly beat and stabbed him in a downtown parkette. The teens are part of a group police allege swarmed and stabbed Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who was living in the city's shelter system, in December 2022.All of them were charged with second-degree murder, and four have since pleaded guilty to lesser charges of manslaughter or assault.A judge-only trial is scheduled this month for two of the remaining girls on charges of second-degree murder.
The other two are set to be tried by a judge and jury in May, one for second-degree murder and the other for manslaughter.
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