Fatal stabbing outside Prince Albert mall results in prison sentence

Prior to dying in hospital, Aubichon lay on the sidewalk outside Prince Albert’s Gateway Mall for over an hour before 911 was called. Video footage played for the court showed a dozen people pass by with some stopping to rob her of her purse and headphones.

Expressing how he watched the video with extreme sadness and disappointment, Justice Bardai referred to the peoples’ actions as unconscionable

“We will never know if Miss Aubichon would have lived if she received timely medical attention. What we know is if one of the bystanders had stopped and called for help, and if help had arrived sooner as a result of an earlier call, there is a chance, a chance that Miss Aubichon may have survived,” he said.

“A chance that a mother would not have to bury her daughter, and a chance that a seven-year-old little girl would continue to feel her mother’s warn embrace. It is clear that more than one life was destroyed that day.”

Among the victim impact statements read in court during Grumbo’s last appearance in March was one written by Aubichon’s seven-year-old daughter.

The girl described how much she missed her mother, and how hard she finds Mother’s Day when all the other kids at school are making cards for their mothers.

The girl also drew a picture of her last known memory of her mother — lying in a coffin in a grave.

The motive for the stabbing remains unclear although there was a suggestion in court that a debt was owed. Grumbo was also high at the time.

Kayla Aubichon who was 33, leaves behind four children. Her oldest son was in court for the sentencing hearing. (Facebook)

Grumbo’s total sentence is seven years as she also received six months for a dangerous driving incident that happened a month prior to Aubichon’s death.

Grumbo was behind the wheel of a car that was speeding out of control down a west flat back alley and crashed into a car that was parked outside the Prince Albert Grand Council day care. A woman standing near the parked car was knocked to the ground and later taken to hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

To this day, she continues to deal with mobility issues.

Decision and reaction from family

The Crown had requested eight years, while defence asked for six.

When explaining the reason for his final sentencing decision, Justice Bardai said he taken into consideration Grumbo’s guilty plea and expression of remorse; her absence of a criminal record; and also Grumbo’s personal history which included physical abuse while in foster care, and exposure to drugs and alcohol in her home.

“She was never given much of a chance,” he said.

Outside the courthouse, Kayla’s mother Sue Aubichon told paNOW she does not think the sentence is long enough. She also expressed her thoughts on the people who walked by her daughter without stopping to help.

“I think they should be charged too for just leaving her like that. Something should be done about that,” she said.

Representatives from Grumbo’s family were also in court for Wednesday’s hearing.

Her mother, who has attended every one of her daughter’s court appearance, was choking back tears as she told paNOW she thought the sentence was appropriate.

“It’s a fair sentence but we need her home,” Grumbo’s sister, Jessica Fiddler, explained. “That’s the rock of our family, like she keeps us together and it’s not the same without her. It really isn’t.”

In addition to her custodial sentence (1,622 days left), Grumbi cannot for the remainder of her life, own or possess any firearms or explosives. She must also pay $700 in restitution to the day care worker whose car was damaged.

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by Nigel Maxwell

Fatal stabbing outside Prince Albert mall results in prison sentence

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