A 17-year-old Halifax-area boy has been sentenced 10 months in a youth detention centre for his role in the stabbing death of a high school student during a brawl over a girl.

On Friday, provincial youth court Judge Mark Heerema also sentenced the accused to 17 months of supervision in the community, during which he will continue receiving intensive rehabilitative treatment to deal with mental health issues.

Heerema described the crime as “senseless, tragic and profoundly unfair.”

The 27-month sentence was added to the 15 months the young offender has spent in custody since 16-year-old Ahmad Al Marrach was murdered in a parkade next to the Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22, 2024.

The young offender pleaded guilty to manslaughter in October, having admitted he was one of four teens wh

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