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The cousin of a young security guard whose life was violently cut short in Kelowna, B.C., is deeply disappointed in the sentence handed down on Wednesday to a man responsible for her death.
Harmandeep Kaur died in February 2022 after a brutal attack on the UBC-Okanagan campus.
“Fifteen years does not reflect the gravity of harm done,” said Amrit Pal Singh. “This falls short of justice.”
Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes sentenced Dante Ognibene-Hebbourn, 24, to 15 years in prison, less time served.
It means Ognibene-Hebbourn, who’s been in custody since April 2022, is expected to spend an additional 10 years behind bars.
“Fifteen years is nothing,” Singh told reporters outside of the courtroom. “Ten years from now, he’ll be 34 years old. We don’t know what he will do. There could be another Harmandeep.”
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