Swarming victim's family is still reeling

The brother-in-law of a homeless Toronto man who died after police allege he was attacked by a group of teen girls told an Ontario court on Friday that his entire family is reeling from the loss.

- PAOLA LORIGGIO

Kenneth Lee died after police say he was swarmed and stabbed by a group of girls in December 2022.

Eric Shum read a victim impact statement at a sentencing hearing for one of the girls accused in the death of Kenneth Lee. The girl, who was 13 at the time of Lee’s death, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in June.

“My wife, mother-in-law and my children have been so distraught that it angers me to see them like this,” he told the court, adding his wife “has not been the same person” since losing her brother.