Ontario Court docket of Justice is seen in Kingston, Ont. on Friday Jan. 25, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
A Kingston, Ont., teen who pleaded responsible to terrorism-related expenses has been sentenced to 3 years, with two years in custody and one in the neighborhood beneath supervision.
Justice Elaine Deluzio says that is along with the 2 years the teenager has already spent in custody.
With the choice, Deluzio accepts a joint submission by the Crown and defence requesting the utmost youth sentence.
Final yr, prosecutors requested the court docket to condemn the teenager as an grownup, however they modified their place after reviewing proof introduced throughout the sentencing listening to, together with stories suggesting the youth has made "vital rehabilitative efforts.''
The teenager, who can't be recognized beneath the Youth Felony Justice Act, was 16 when he was arrested by RCMP in January 2019 following a tip from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The youth pleaded responsible in 2020 to facilitating a terrorist exercise, possession of an explosive substance with intent to injure or kill, taking motion to trigger an explosion and counselling one other individual to detonate an explosive machine to trigger damage or demise.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Feb. 9, 2022.
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