HALIFAX – A Nova Scotia judge has sentenced a teenage girl to three months in a youth detention centre for her role in the stabbing death last year of 16-year-old Halifax high school student Ahmad Al Marrach.
The girl, who was 14 at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in October, having admitted she was one of four teens who attacked Al Marrach inside a parking garage at the Halifax Shopping Centre.
An agreed statement of facts, however, confirmed she did not stab the victim.
Provincial youth court Judge Mark Heerema decided Thursday that her time in custody will include an intensive rehabilitation program, followed by two years of supervision in the community.
Heerema told the court that even though the girl did not participate in the actual stabbing, her actions were instrumental in bringing it about.
The girl, whose identity is protected from publication under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has been in custody since shortly after the killing on April 22, 2024.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 4, 2025.
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