Sentencing hearing begins for Toronto woman fatally shot by roommate in 2021 – Toronto [Video]

The family of Leah St. Jean has waited three years for justice, after the 32-year-old was found dead in the North York apartment she shared with two friends. She had suffered two fatal gunshot wounds: one through her head, the other through her heart.

On Monday, St. Jean’s aunt told court that the two-month trial for Soreeysa Abdi, which ended with the jury finding Abdi guilty of second-degree murder last June, was painful due to the graphic evidence they viewed during the trial. Not only has the family suffered great loss, but they’ve also suffered emotional trauma, Bernice Reed said.

“Jan. 22, 2021, is the day our whole world fell apart. Coming home to hear the devastating news that Leah was murdered the night before, my first thought was, ‘This can’t be true,’” St. Jean’s stepmother, Karen Schreck, told the court.

On Jan. 21, 2021, Toronto police were called to unit 908 at …