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On June 29, 2012, at approximately 4:45 a.m., emergency personnel responded to the 200 block of Machray Avenue regarding an injured male being located.
At the time, the male was observed to have sustained serious upper body injuries and was listed in critical condition. The victim was identified as: Braden Bjornson, 20 years who later succumbed to the injuries sustained.
The investigation revealed that on June 29, 2012 at approximately 1:50 a.m. the deceased and two males came into contact in the area of Machray Avenue and Charles Street, at which time a verbal altercation took place. The male suspects assaulted the deceased by striking him in the upper body with a metal object and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the deceased. The suspects fled from the area at this time.
Members of the Winnipeg Police Major Crimes Unit commenced an investigation, and as a result on July 12, 2012 at approximately 1:35 p.m., located the following male suspect in the 800 block of Magnus Avenue. The male was arrested and taken into custody.
Keagan Denzel Dick, 18 year old of Winnipeg has been charged with Manslaughter. He was detained in custody.
In the early evening of July 13, 2012 the second male suspect; a 15 year old male was located and arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in a northern community in Manitoba. Members of the Winnipeg Police Major Crimes Unit attended and took custody of the male returning him to Winnipeg.
A 15 year old male has been charged with Manslaughter and Breach of Probation. He was detained in custody.
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First, let’s not beat up too badly on the Winnipeg Police Department – they dcomment_ID apprehend the two ***murderers***. A better place to focus attention would be on our justice system. Note the ***murderers*** have been charged with manslaughter:
Manslaughter: the killing of another person due to recklessness or criminal negligence, without the intention to kill. The maximum penalty for manslaughter is life imprisonment, with a minimum of 4 years imprisonment if a firearm was used in the commission of the offence.
I would strongly urge you to contact your Manitoba Justice Minister – perhaps something can be done so as not have a repeat of below,
Four Year Murder Plea Bargain Needs To Be Reviewed
News- 7/18/2006
Manitoba Progressive Conservative Justice Critic, Kelvin Goertzen, says the four year plea bargain given to the convicted murderer of an 18-year-old girl who was killed July 1, 2005 needs to be reviewed by Manitoba’s NDP Minister of Justice.
“Four years is a very weak sentence for any murder – especially one that has taken the life of a young person denying her a life of promise,” sacomment_ID Goertzen. “It’s difficult to understand what circumstances would have led to the government agreeing to such a sentence. The terms and rationale for the plea bargain must be reviewed.”
Yesterday, 22-year-old Johanna Lopez, was sentenced to four years prison, including time served, for fatally stabbing 18-year-old Tonya Kirchen in the throat at a house party on Canada Day 2005. In agreeing to the plea bargain yesterday, provincial court Judge Charles Newcombe sacomment_ID that the sentence was on the “very low end” and that it was an “embarrassment.”
“People have lost faith in a justice system that hands out, by agreement, four year sentences for murder,” sacomment_ID Goertzen. “Answers need to be given as to why this was conscomment_IDered appropriate and whether there are any policy directives given by the Minister of Justice to his department on these important cases. On the surface, it seems horribly inappropriate.”
Goertzen sacomment_ID this is just one of a number of questionable plea-bargained sentences. Last year a man convicted of killing his common-law wife after three previous convictions of assault was offered a plea bargain, making him eligible for parole in only 28 months.