A Prince George youth has been sentenced to a further 100 days in jail followed by 50 days community supervision and 20 months probation for her role in a January 2013 attack that left a severely beaten teenage male unconscious in a snowbank.
In reaching his decision, Prince George Provincial Court Judge Michael Brecknell rejected a joint submission from Crown and defence counsels for 21 months probation and no further jail time, saying in part that it would be a "demonstrably unfit sentence given the nature of the offences."
Summarizing an agreed statement of facts, Brecknell said in a reasons for judgment that the then 15-year-old youth, who cannot be named, was attending a party in an apartment block where she had been smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol.
The youth and the party's host, having slept together in a bed, awoke early the next morning, on Jan. 6, 2013, and discussed a similar dream they believed they had in which an unknown male entered the room, tugged at their clothing in a sexual manner and bear-sprayed the area before leaving.
The youth also found a white iPod stuck to her stomach when she awoke and from "this rather scanty information" concluded she had been sexually interfered with and the item's owner was the culprit.
With the help of social media and other co-accused - in all five youths and two adults were allegedly involved - she determined who the iPod's owner was and, through Facebook, the party's host invited him over to the apartment.
When he showed up, one of the co-accused confronted the victim and demanded an explanation.
But then another of the co-accused immediately punched the victim in the jaw and, as he tried to leave, he was grabbed by the group and pulled back into the apartment.
They continued to strike him with their fists then one of them hit him on the forehead with an empty vodka bottle and another kicked him in the face.
According to the agreed statement of facts, the youth in question did not participate in the attack but was aware of the group's intention when he was invited to the apartment.
The victim convinced the group he did no such thing to the two but, using "yet another example of defective deductive reasoning," the group determined the assailant was the victim's cousin and he was invited over to the apartment.
The first victim, meanwhile, was taken to another section of the building and confined there by two of the co-accused.
When the second victim arrived, he was quickly attacked by the group with the youth in question hitting him twice on the head with a frying pan, knocking him to the floor.
Then one of the attackers removed his pants and sodomized him with a mop handle.
The victim fell unconscious and was dragged into the kitchen where cold water was poured on his face and his cheeks were slapped to wake him up. As he lay on the floor, the youth's boyfriend grabbed his face and yelled "Look at my face and know whose girlfriend you tried to rape."
The party's host then kicked him in the head as he remained lying on the floor.
By now unconscious, he was carried out of the building and dumped in a snowbank in the back alley near a dumpster where RCMP found him in response to a call.
The first victim, also a youth, was also found in the area.
The youth who was sentenced initially lied to police, saying nothing had happened, but she was eventually linked to the crime.
In total, she was sentenced to 180 days in jail and 90 days community supervision for her involvement in the attacks, plus a further 70 days in jail and 35 days community supervision for three breaches of her conditions while out of custody for a total of 250 days in jail and 125 days community supervision.
Prior to sentencing she had spent a total of 150 days in custody, and so was given credit of 225 days based on 1.5 days credit for each day served. In all, 150 of those days were put against her time in jail and 75 against her community supervision.
Conditions of her 20 months probation include no contact with any of the co-accused.
The sentence was issued June 4.
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