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Fatally stabbing a man described as “his only friend” wasn’t an act of self-defence, a judge ruled Monday in finding a Calgary man guilty of murder.
Justice Nancy Dilts also rejected arguments Eddy Nakasenh-Bandasak was provoked into repeatedly stabbing Ismail (Izzy) Charanek outside their southeast apartment complex in the early morning hours of Sept. 22, 2020.
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Charanek had an altercation minutes earlier with Williams after chasing her from the suite wearing just a t-shirt, a pair of shorts and socks and became locked out of their apartment.
“Given what Mr. Charanek was wearing, it was not reasonable to believe he was armed with a knife,” Dilts said.
She noted Nakasenh-Bandasak was aware Charanek wanted him out of the apartment and told police he felt the deceased and Williams had taken advantage of his generosity, calling them “leeches.”
“He believed they did him wrong,” Dilts said.
“I find that at the point of acting, Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak was at his break point,” she said.
“Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak had had enough … feelings of betrayal, anger and resentment erupted.”
Instead of protecting himself from a deadly threat, the accused stabbed his roommate because of those feelings, she said.
“At the time he stabbed Mr. Charanek, Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak was motivated by betrayal, resentment and anger.”
On the issue of provocation, which would have reduced the charge of second-degree murder to manslaughter, Dilts said Nakasenh-Bandasak’s arguments also failed.
She said while the killer was “unexpectedly confronted” by Charanek outside their apartment complex, by the time he repeatedly stabbed the victim nine times, severing both his jugular veins and nearly severing his carotid artery, he wasn’t acting on sudden passion.
A sentencing date for Nakasenh-Bandasak, who remains in custody, will be set on May 17.
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