Esa Carriere, 23, was murdered on Canada Day 2018. (File)
Youth convicted in Kelowna Canada Day murder
Young woman pleaded guilty to minor assault and was sentenced to 15 months of intensive support and monitoring program
A young woman was convicted for her part in the stabbing death of Esa Carriere in downtown Kelowna on Canada Day 2018.
The woman, who cannot be identified at the time of the incident because she is a minor, is one of four people charged with Carriere’s death.
The young woman was initially charged with manslaughter but pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of assault in November 2020. On January 15, she was sentenced to a 15-month intensive support and monitoring program under various conditions. The Crown remained on the woman’s manslaughter charge when the sentencing ended.
Noah Vaten, 22, and Nathan Truant, 28, will be tried for manslaughter from February 22nd. Another youth, who also cannot be named, is due to have a separate 12-day trial from March 29th.
Carriere was stabbed to death in the middle of Kelowna’s annual Canada Day fireworks on July 1, 2018, at the age of 23. He had recently moved to town from Mississauga, Ontario and had earned a job in the kitchen at Kelly O’Bryan’s restaurant on Bernard Avenue.
READ MORE: Kelowna Canada Day stabbing victim is dubbed “super nice guy”.
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