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A moment of sanity emerged in a downtown youth court.

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Two girls who pleaded guilty in the vicious swarming death of Ken Lee had hoped their charges would be stayed because their rights had been violated under the Charter when they were strip searched and left completely naked when in custody.

How outrageous that would have been viewed by the rest of us — and Ontario Court Justice David Rose agreed.

Still, both teens are not going to be doing any more time in custody for the violent Dec. 18, 2022 attack. Instead, the girl, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the swarming death of the homeless man — and who is still remarkably remorseless — was credited with 15 months in pre-sentence custody and will now have to do two years of the Intensive Support and Supervision Program (ISSP) as probation in the community to address her many concerning issues.

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