Boy sentenced for attacking girl in Winnipeg parkade, pair lived in same hotel
WINNIPEG — A teenaged boy has been sentenced to three years for violently attacking a girl in a case that helped push the Manitoba government to stop placing foster children in hotel rooms.
The boy, who can’t be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is to serve two years in secure custody, six months in open custody and six months under supervision in the community.
Court heard he was 15 when he attacked the 16-year-old girl in a Winnipeg parkade on April 1, 2015.
Both teens were in the care of Child and Family Services and had been placed in the same downtown hotel.