Teens jailed in carjacking decapitation
Two teenaged girls who pleaded guilty to manslaughter and car theft in a botched carjacking that left a woman decapitated a last year have been sentenced to 2 years in custody plus one year conditional supervision in the community.
But with time served that means the teens will serve another year in custody before their conditional sentence starts.
Justice Heather Pullan handed down her decision in a Portage la Prairie courtroom today.
32-year-old Roberta Dawn McIvor was killed in Sandy Bay First Nation near Portage la Prairie in the incident last year.
Court heard she passed out in her car after a night of drinking.
The two teens, then 17 and 15, stole her car.
They tried to push her out but she got tangled in the seatbelt and was dragged down the road and eventually decapitated.
Both teens have been in custody since then.
The crown asked for the maximum penalty of three years.
Defence lawyer Greg Brodsky who represents the older teen asked for a minimum of one more day in custody for her.
The other defence lawyer asked that his client get some time so she can be transitioned into child welfare care.
