Toronto teen girls’ murder trial hears others in their group seen with knife that night

The proceedings of 2 teen girls accused successful the decease of a stateless Toronto antheral is proceeding different girls successful their radical were seen with a weapon earlier that night.

The 2 girls are among 8 teens who were charged successful the decease of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old antheral who died successful December 2022 aft helium was beaten and stabbed successful a downtown Toronto parkette.

Both person pleaded not blameworthy to second-degree murder.

Court has spent respective days watching video of what happened astatine the parkette and astatine different locations the radical visited arsenic they made their mode downtown that evening.

Prosecutors contiguous showed information footage from Yorkdale subway station, wherever the pb detective testified 2 different girls successful the radical are seen with a weapon astatine assorted points.

Court has heard nary weapon was recovered arsenic portion of the investigation, but 1 of the girls connected proceedings was recovered with 2 tiny scissors and a brace of tweezers erstwhile she was arrested.

Prosecutors allege that miss — who was 14 astatine the clip of the incidental — is the 1 who fatally wounded Lee, but they person yet to accidental erstwhile oregon with what.

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Court has heard Lee died connected the operating array astatine St. Michael’s Hospital successful the aboriginal hours of Dec. 18, 2022.

Police charged 8 girls betwixt the ages of 13 and 16, and 4 person since pleaded blameworthy — 3 to manslaughter and 1 to battle causing bodily harm and battle with a weapon.

Two different girls are acceptable to look a assemblage proceedings this May connected charges of second-degree execution and manslaughter, respectively. The lawsuit was divided into 2 trials owed to scheduling issues.