A 14-year-old girl who repeatedly stabbed another teen allegedly had a shocking accomplice -- her grandmother.
"It's a situation I don't think I've ever seen before and hope I don't see again," the girl's lawyer Chris Sigurdson told court yesterday.
The girl pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated assault and was sentenced to a year in custody. Her grandmother remains before the courts.
Drinking party
According to a police report, the girl was at a Salter Street drinking party with her grandmother in September 2008 when the girl and the victim started arguing and the girl was punched in the head. Court heard the girl and her grandmother retaliated, punching the victim several times before the girl left to grab a knife from the kitchen.
The girl stabbed the victim three times in the upper body, after which her grandmother pulled out a knife and the two continued to stab the wounded teen, court heard.
The victim was rushed to hospital but has since recovered.
Court heard the girl -- who is now pregnant -- had a tragic upbringing dominated by physical, sexual and alcohol abuse. At the time of the attack, she had already been convicted of three prior assaults and has spent the past several years in foster care.
Crown attorney Susan Baragar said the girl suffers from FASD and permanent psychological problems.
Harsher penalty
"The only place she receives the structure she needs, unfortunately, is a correctional facility," she said.
Martin credited the girl six months for pre-sentence custody, reducing her remaining sentence to six months.
Judge Lee Ann Martin said a custodial sentence would not improve the girl's chances for rehabilitation but the seriousness of the crime demanded a harsher penalty.
Martin sentenced the girl to an additional 12 months supervised probation.
dean.pritchard@sunmedia.ca
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