Co-accused in skatepark stabbing pleads guilty
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One person pleaded guilty and another had their charge stayed Thursday in the September 2020 stabbing at the skatepark in downtown Brandon.
Both Steven Huntinghawk and Annie Huntinghawk were in Brandon provincial court Thursday morning.
Steven pleaded guilty to assault in the Sept. 3, 2020 group attack at the Kristopher Campbell Memorial Skatepark. The charge was previously scheduled for trial on Thursday.
On the day of the assault at approximately 7:20 p.m., the victim, Kevin Taylor, was at the downtown skatepark, said Crown attorney Grant Hughes.
Five people approached Taylor, who is Black, and started speaking “racial slurs” toward him, but Hughes said it’s unclear who was making the comments.
Steven and Taylor eventually got into an argument over the clothing Taylor was wearing. The accused said “let’s dog him,” and a fight broke out, the Crown said.
“Mr. Huntinghawk essentially instigated the fight. Mr. Taylor did get the better of Mr. Huntinghawk, holding him down to the ground,” Hughes said, adding the other accused were kicking and punching Taylor.
Another one of the attackers then came with a knife and stabbed Taylor several times, sending him to the hospital, he said. Huntinghawk was not involved in the stabbing itself.
Taylor has since recovered from his injuries.
Judge Shauna Hewitt-Michta accepted Huntinghawk’s guilty plea.
Defence lawyer Bob Harrison asked for a presentence Gladue report, which give the court more information on an Indigenous person’s background before sentencing.
The report is due in July and Huntinghawk is scheduled to be sentenced in early August.
Hughes also stayed the charges against Annie, who was also charged in the incident, and said she was the least involved.
“Mr. Taylor did get the better of her than anybody else, she was the least involved as far as any blows or strikes,” he said.
“The Crown will be entering a stay of proceedings.”
During a brief exchange with Hewitt-Michta after Hughes said he would stay the charge, Annie said she didn’t do anything to the victim.
Steven is the final person to be sentenced in the stabbing.
In March, Naomi Williams was sentenced to three years in jail for the crime, minus 885 days time served, and probation.
In January, co-accused Savannah Catagas pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to one year of supervised probation for her role in the attack.
Freedom Williams also pleaded guilty to assault and was sentenced to 225 days time served in jail.
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