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Nearly six years after 19-year-old Firdous Nabizada was stabbed to death and six others were seriously injured outside a Halloween frat party in Toronto’s Annex neighbourhood, Jacob Alves has been sentenced to 11 years in prison.

Alves, 24, sat quietly in a downtown Toronto courtroom as Justice Kelly Byrne explained her reasons for sentence.

“Notwithstanding he has no memory of the offences, he does not dispute he committed the offences, most of which was captured on video surveillance,” said Byrne.

Byrne explained that Alves made the sober choice to arm himself with a knife before he consumed alcohol or drugs and before attending the party and was prepared to use it in a drunken state.

Nabizada was among a group of strangers who was attacked by Alves outside the fraternity house at 22 Madison Ave., on Oct. 31, 2019, after Alves was ejected from the house party.

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