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Connor Stevenson, just 18 and unarmed, was knifed to death in the stairwell of his Jasmine Crescent apartment building over 14 lousy grams of weed.
It was April 14, 2015 — a Tuesday afternoon — and he had been stabbed in the heart and left to die alone after a drug robbery gone wrong.
His so-called friend, David Dubois, was the one behind the deadly robbery.
And on Wednesday afternoon, Dubois, 21, finally stood up in court and took responsibility.
In a deal that spares him prosecution for second-degree murder — his original charge — Dubois pleaded guilty instead to the lesser charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in prison. After credit for pre-trial time custody, he’ll have just under five years to serve behind bars.
Before sentencing him, Ontario Superior Court Justice Julianne Parfett described the killing as pointless and tragic.
The judge noted that Dubois is still young and “not beyond redemption.”
Parfett wished him the best of luck.
Sketch of David Dubois
There will be no second chances for Connor Stevenson, though, and, in the moving words of his father, there will always be an empty chair at the table for every family gathering.
Scott Stevenson, in an emotional victim-impact statement, told court that he now feels hopeless and helpless.
“I lost the person I love the most,” he said, fighting back tears.
He spoke of nightmares in what he called his living hell.
He reminded the court that Dubois joined grieving friends after the killing and signed a sympathy card for the family.
Laurie Beaudoin, the victim’s mother, filed a victim-impact statement condemning Dubois’ “total disregard for human life.”
“Your family gets to live on and you will still be a young man when you are freed. Connor, on the other hand, had 18 short years on Earth. … My son is a good man and had no known enemies except for you.”
Her statement was read in court by Crown prosecutor Tim Wightman, who called the case a “true tragedy” and another unvarnished reminder that “young people who resort to the use of knives” cause “immeasurable pain and suffering.”
Dubois planned the robbery and talked about it with an alleged accomplice for an hour beforehand, according to an agreed statement of facts filed in court.
He also took steps to cover his tracks by using an app in a bid to disguise his phone number before texting to arrange a drug deal in the stairwell.
Dubois was arrested hours after Stevenson was laid to rest in 2015. At the funeral, friends and family remembered Stevenson as a devoted son and loving boyfriend. His girlfriend told a packed church that she felt like her heart had been ripped out, and that she cried herself to sleep at night with the hope that his killing was just a bad dream.
He was also remembered as an outstanding teammate in rugby and football.
gdimmock@postmedia.com
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It was April 14, 2015 — a Tuesday afternoon — and he had been stabbed in the heart and left to die alone after a drug robbery gone wrong.
His so-called friend, David Dubois, was the one behind the deadly robbery.
And on Wednesday afternoon, Dubois, 21, finally stood up in court and took responsibility.
In a deal that spares him prosecution for second-degree murder — his original charge — Dubois pleaded guilty instead to the lesser charge of manslaughter and was sentenced to eight years in prison. After credit for pre-trial time custody, he’ll have just under five years to serve behind bars.
Before sentencing him, Ontario Superior Court Justice Julianne Parfett described the killing as pointless and tragic.
The judge noted that Dubois is still young and “not beyond redemption.”
Parfett wished him the best of luck.
Sketch of David Dubois
There will be no second chances for Connor Stevenson, though, and, in the moving words of his father, there will always be an empty chair at the table for every family gathering.
Scott Stevenson, in an emotional victim-impact statement, told court that he now feels hopeless and helpless.
“I lost the person I love the most,” he said, fighting back tears.
He spoke of nightmares in what he called his living hell.
He reminded the court that Dubois joined grieving friends after the killing and signed a sympathy card for the family.
Laurie Beaudoin, the victim’s mother, filed a victim-impact statement condemning Dubois’ “total disregard for human life.”
“Your family gets to live on and you will still be a young man when you are freed. Connor, on the other hand, had 18 short years on Earth. … My son is a good man and had no known enemies except for you.”
Her statement was read in court by Crown prosecutor Tim Wightman, who called the case a “true tragedy” and another unvarnished reminder that “young people who resort to the use of knives” cause “immeasurable pain and suffering.”
Dubois planned the robbery and talked about it with an alleged accomplice for an hour beforehand, according to an agreed statement of facts filed in court.
He also took steps to cover his tracks by using an app in a bid to disguise his phone number before texting to arrange a drug deal in the stairwell.
Dubois was arrested hours after Stevenson was laid to rest in 2015. At the funeral, friends and family remembered Stevenson as a devoted son and loving boyfriend. His girlfriend told a packed church that she felt like her heart had been ripped out, and that she cried herself to sleep at night with the hope that his killing was just a bad dream.
He was also remembered as an outstanding teammate in rugby and football.
gdimmock@postmedia.com
@crimegarden
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