SASKATOON — Justice Krista Zerr sentenced the girl who set her classmate on fire to a comprehensive rehabilitative program before being allowed back into the community.
The decision came more than two years after the incident, in which the teen poured flammable material on the victim, which happened during lunch break at Evan Hardy Collegiate on Sept. 5, 2024
The teen, who was 14 years old back then, was charged with attempted murder and pleaded guilty. She apologized for the harm she caused when the judge was supposed to deliver her sentence last month.
Zerr was supposed to give her sentence on Feb. 26 at the Court of King's Bench, but postponed it after hearing victim-impact statements read by several witnesses.
The Crown has previously considered that the attacker be sentenced as an adult, which would carry a more severe penalty, but it is no longer pursuing that plan.
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