Victims mother angered over teen girls sentence in mall parking lot killing [Video]

Nearly a year after 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach was killed in Halifax, the first of four youths charged in connection with his death has been sentenced.

The girl, who was 14 at the time of the crime, pled guilty to manslaughter in October 2024.

On Thursday, a judge handed her a sentence of three more months in custody followed by two years of community reintegration, for a total of 27 more months under court supervision.

For Al Marrach’s family, the sentence is disappointing.

“This is not a fair sentencing. This individual should be in custody forever, herself and the other people involved,” said Basima Al Jaji, Al Marrach’s mother, through an Arabic interpreter.

She says she hasn’t been able to sleep thinking about what happened to her son.