Sentencing hearing held for 2 teens in deadly stabbing outside Edmonton school

A sentencing hearing on Monday was held for two teens who were involved in the fatal stabbing of another teen. CTV News Edmonton's Amanda Anderson reports.

The final two teens involved in a group attack near McNally High School that killed a 16-year-old were in court for sentencing on Monday.

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The victim’s family says they’re now one court date away from being able to start the healing process.

Monica Binns has been to court countless times over the past year as each of the seven teens involved in a deadly attack on her cousin made their way through the judicial system.

Karnveer Sahota, 16, was swarmed by a group of five boys in a field near McNally three years ago.

Sahota was stabbed during the attack and later died in hospital.

The teens cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

On Monday, the final two teens being sentenced were before a judge, the same one who found them guilty of manslaughter.

The maximum sentence for a youth convicted of manslaughter is three years.

For the first teen, the Crown asked for a sentence of 15-18 months, two-thirds of it served in custody, the rest in the community.

His lawyer told the court his client, who was 14 when it happened, was not carrying a weapon and was the least involved, before asking his sentence be of community supervision.

The Crown asked for a 21-month sentence for the second teen, who hit Sahota at least once with a field hockey stick. Fourteen served in custody, the rest in the community.

His lawyer told the court the little more than a week he spent in jail after his initial arrest “scared him straight.”

He, too, asked for a sentence to be served in the community.

Both teens expressed remorse and apologized for their actions before the hearing wrapped up.

The judge has reserved his decision on sentences until the end of May.