Teen to be sentenced as adult for ‘outrageous, horrendous’ sex attacks
WINNIPEG — A teen who took part in two high-profile sex attacks in Winnipeg faces the prospect of a life sentence after a judge ruled Monday he should be punished as an adult.
The offender, who was 17 at the time of the random attacks on a teen and a woman in November 2014, can’t be identified until the court imposes his sentence next year.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated sexual assault earlier this year. He had no criminal record at the time of the attacks.
Seated in the prisoner’s dock, he hung his head and showed no apparent emotion as Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Gerald Chartier ruled a youth sentence would not be long enough to hold him accountable and allow for his safe re-entry into society.