3rd teen convicted of manslaughter in Halifax mall parking garage stabbing
Ahmad Al Marrach, 16, was a Grade 10 student at Citadel High School who had come to Canada with his family from Syria in 2016.
In April 2024, he was attacked by a group of teenagers in a parking garage next to the Halifax Shopping Centre and later died in hospital.
On Tuesday, a teen — who was 16 at the time of the crime — found guilty of manslaughter by a judge after a youth court trial that began in January.
Police responded to a report of an injured person in the Halifax Shopping Centre parking lot on April 22, 2024. The injured male youth, who was later identified as 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach, was taken to hospital where he later died. Provided/Al Marrach family
He and three other teens charged in connection with Al Marrach's death — a girl and two boys — were all initially charged with second-degree murder.
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Their names and any details that could be used to identify them are protected from publication under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
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One of the boys, who was 14 at the time, pleaded guilty in January to second-degree murder, admitting that he was the one who stabbed the Grade 10 student with a stolen kitchen knife. Another boy, who was 17 at the time, pleaded guilty in October to manslaughter.
The girl was sentenced this past April to three more months in custody, followed by 24 months of rehabilitation in the community, as part of the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision program.
Court has previously heard the deadly brawl was prompted by a disagreement over a girl involved with Al Marrach and one of the accused.
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Stabbing victim Ahmad Al Marrach's mother says court process has been disappointing
— with a file from The Canadian Press
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