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Crown seeks custody for young killer after escape
The 16-year-old girl -- who was 12 when she participated in the October 2006 killing of Audrey Cooper -- was recently caught hiding inside a closet at her parent's home. The Crown is now seeking to have her kept behind bars until she turns 18. Defence lawyer Darren Sawchuk wants his client to be given another chance at freedom
Queen's Bench Chief Justice Marc Monnin is expected to rule on the case today.
Cooper was a random target. She was beaten until she was unrecognizable, stripped and then urinated on by a group of laughing teens who tossed loose change on her body as they fled.
"That's all she's worth," one of them later told police.
Cooper, 34, suffered 64 separate injuries in the unprovoked attack, including seven broken ribs, a lacerated liver, swelling that shut both of her eyes and bleeding on the brain. Police arrested four suspects -- the 12-year-old girl, two 14-year-old girls and a 15-year-old boy. Three of the suspects remain before the courts.
The teen was sentenced last year to the maximum three-year sentence under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Queen's Bench Justice Deborah McCawley assigned her seven 1/2 months of pre-trial custody as credit, then filled out the rest of the term with 28 1/2 months of community supervision, which takes the girl to her 18th birthday. She was ordered to live at a local group home under 24-hour supervision until she is no longer a youth. She was warned that any breaches means the rest of her sentence could be converted to jail time.
Sawchuk says the facility is supporting her release from custody. His client grew up in a climate of abuse and neglect and was even taught how to snort cocaine by her mother.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition February 25, 2010 A8
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