La Loche shooter: Lawyers to discuss future sentencing dates Friday

Last month, Judge Janet McIvor said the youth who killed four people and injured seven others in La Loche in January 2016 will be sentenced as an adult. Tomorrow, she will be meeting with defence and prosecution lawyers via phone at 3 p.m. in a Meadow Lake courtroom to sort out future dates of his sentencing details.

The young man, who is now 20 years old, was 17 when he gunned down brothers Dayne and Drayden Fontaine in a home before proceeding to the La Loche Community School where he killed teacher Adam Wood and teacher’s aide Marie Janvier. He also shot and injured seven others, including staff and students.

He pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, and seven counts of attempted murder in October 2016. Two weeks of sentencing hearings took place in May and June 2017 to determine if he would be sentenced as an adult or a youth.

During the Feb. 23 date in La Loche, McIvor said youth sentence would not be just.

“The crimes were not an impulsive act done by an immature person, and the nature and manner of his murders were unnecessarily violent,” McIvor said.

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Defence lawyer Aaron Fox said there will be no submissions made at tomorrow’s teleconference; it is simply a brief meeting to sort out future court dates.

A publication ban on the shooter’s identity remains in place. He is facing life in prison with no chance for parole for 10 years.

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