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The six-year sentence handed a Calgary girl for the deadly stabbing of a homeless hitchhiker has been halved by the Alberta Courtroom of Attraction.
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In a written judgment, a three-member enchantment court docket panel accepted the Crown’s concession that Ronita Wildman’s enchantment ought to be allowed.
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Wildman stabbed Bawden in October 2020
Bawden, 59, was hitchhiking alongside Memorial Dr. E. the morning of Oct. 6, 2020, when he was picked up by Kevin Ear, who had met Wildman for the primary time the earlier night earlier than spending the evening together with her in a Taber motel.
Whereas stopped at a pink mild at Memorial Dr. and 36 St. E., Wildman, with out provocation, out of the blue turned within the entrance seat, reached over and stabbed Bawden, who was sitting in a rear passenger seat.
Bawden, the son of distinguished Alberta businessman and former MP Peter Bawden, tumbled out of the automotive and onto a median throughout morning rush hour visitors and died quickly after.
Fraser had discovered leaving the sufferer by the aspect of the street was an aggravating issue which supported a better sentence.
KMartin@postmedia.com
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