Man who killed UBC Okanagan security guard gets 15 years, as judge highlights drug-induced psychosis [Video]

A B.C. Supreme Court judge has sentenced a Kelowna man to 15 years in prison for killing a female security guard on UBC’s Okanagan campus in 2022.

Dante Ognibenne-Hebbourn, 24, pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Tuesday for killing 24-year-old Harmandeep Kaur when she was working on campus during an early morning shift. 

The court heard details of the attack, which happened in three intense acts of violence over a 10-minute period. The accused kicked Kaur nearly two dozen times in the head while she was lying on the ground. 

In delivering the sentence, Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes said Ognibenne-Hebbourn had a long history of mental health issues and was in a drug-induced psychosis when he killed Kaur.