The attempted murder of Sammy Yatim is “one of the most egregious examples of unjustified violence by a police officer in Canada” and deserves a prison sentence longer than the mandatory five year minimum, the Crown wrote in submissions filed with the court Wednesday.
The Crown was responding to a constitutional challenge launched by Const. James Forcillo’s lawyers to allow Forcillo to receive house arrest instead of jail time.
Forcillo was acquitted of second-degree murder for shooting 18-year-old Yatim three times — causing fatal damage to the heart — as the knife-wielding teen was on a stopped, empty streetcar in July 2013.
The jury convicted Forcillo of attempted murder for firing another round of six shots at Yatim seconds later, five of which struck Yatim’s paralyzed lower body as he lay dying on his back on the floor of the streetcar. (more...)
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