Unbelievable!!!
The young offender act needs to be rethought?
Should anyone over 12, charged with a gun crime/ murder, be held in custody until trial?
re:
Creba suspect, 17, granted bail
Virtual house arrest for manslaughter accused
Judge's reasons can't be reported under ban
Jul. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM
TRACY HUFFMAN
CRIME REPORTER
A 17-year-old boy charged with manslaughter in the Boxing Day shooting that left 15-year-old Jane Creba dead was released on $100,000 bail yesterday.The boy, whose identity is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is the first of six people charged with manslaughter to be freed from jail."Well, the first thing he said was, `I'm really happy I'm going to be out and able to watch the England soccer game tomorrow morning,'" said the boy's lawyer Gordon Goldman outside court.Three other males — two adults and a youth — are charged with second-degree murder and remain behind bars.A publication ban prevents the media from reporting the evidence heard at the bail hearing or the reasons why Justice Kathleen Caldwell granted the boy bail.As Caldwell read detailed reasons, family members of the boy sat quietly together in the front row of the courtroom at Old City Hall.When it appeared the judge was going to grant bail, Goldman turned around and gave the boy's family a thumbs up.Once bail was decided, the boy's grandmother quietly said "thank you" to the judge.The boy was ordered to live with his grandmother under a virtual house arrest. The retired grandmother put her house up as collateral."He's very close to his grandmother and he's very anxious to get back home," Goldman said of his client.As a condition of his bail, the boy may only leave his house if he is accompanied by his grandmother, uncle or aunt, all of whom live in the home, or his mother who lives elsewhere in the city.The maximum sentence for a youth convicted of manslaughter is three years.Goldman said he understands some may view the decision as unjust and added it is unfortunate that a ban restricts the public from getting the whole picture. "If members of the public ... had heard the evidence at this bail hearing, most of the members of the public would not be shocked that he was released," he said.Two lawyers representing others accused in the case immediately requested a copy of the judge's ruling to assist in preparation for bail hearings in the coming weeks.On Dec. 26, gunfire erupted on Yonge St. near Dundas St. around 5:15 p.m. Creba was shopping with her sister when she was caught in the crossfire. Six others were wounded in the melee.
The young offender act needs to be rethought?
Should anyone over 12, charged with a gun crime/ murder, be held in custody until trial?
re:
Creba suspect, 17, granted bail
Virtual house arrest for manslaughter accused
Judge's reasons can't be reported under ban
Jul. 1, 2006. 01:00 AM
TRACY HUFFMAN
CRIME REPORTER
A 17-year-old boy charged with manslaughter in the Boxing Day shooting that left 15-year-old Jane Creba dead was released on $100,000 bail yesterday.The boy, whose identity is protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is the first of six people charged with manslaughter to be freed from jail."Well, the first thing he said was, `I'm really happy I'm going to be out and able to watch the England soccer game tomorrow morning,'" said the boy's lawyer Gordon Goldman outside court.Three other males — two adults and a youth — are charged with second-degree murder and remain behind bars.A publication ban prevents the media from reporting the evidence heard at the bail hearing or the reasons why Justice Kathleen Caldwell granted the boy bail.As Caldwell read detailed reasons, family members of the boy sat quietly together in the front row of the courtroom at Old City Hall.When it appeared the judge was going to grant bail, Goldman turned around and gave the boy's family a thumbs up.Once bail was decided, the boy's grandmother quietly said "thank you" to the judge.The boy was ordered to live with his grandmother under a virtual house arrest. The retired grandmother put her house up as collateral."He's very close to his grandmother and he's very anxious to get back home," Goldman said of his client.As a condition of his bail, the boy may only leave his house if he is accompanied by his grandmother, uncle or aunt, all of whom live in the home, or his mother who lives elsewhere in the city.The maximum sentence for a youth convicted of manslaughter is three years.Goldman said he understands some may view the decision as unjust and added it is unfortunate that a ban restricts the public from getting the whole picture. "If members of the public ... had heard the evidence at this bail hearing, most of the members of the public would not be shocked that he was released," he said.Two lawyers representing others accused in the case immediately requested a copy of the judge's ruling to assist in preparation for bail hearings in the coming weeks.On Dec. 26, gunfire erupted on Yonge St. near Dundas St. around 5:15 p.m. Creba was shopping with her sister when she was caught in the crossfire. Six others were wounded in the melee.
