A Calgary teenager who fatally stabbed a boy he'd never met was handed a seven-year sentence on Monday, the maximum punishment for a youth convicted of second-degree murder.

The killer can only be identified as SK because of a publication ban under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).

SK was 17 on June 6, 2024 when he fatally stabbed a 16-year-old he'd only met over social media.

Their social media interactions were "hostile and unfriendly," noted Court of King's Bench Justice Lisa Silver when delivering her decision Monday.

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Silver sentenced SK to four years in custody followed by three years' community supervision.

For a youth convicted of second-degree murder, the sentence is the maximum under the YCJA. The sentence was j

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