Before he died in hospital, Obishon lay on the sidewalk in front of Prince Albert’s Gateway Mall for more than an hour before 911 was called. bag and headphones.
Expressing how he watched the video with extreme sadness and disappointment, Judge Bardai described the people’s actions as unscrupulous.
“We will never know if Miss Obishon would have survived if she had received timely medical care. “What we do know is that if one of the passers-by stopped and called for help, and if the help arrived earlier as a result of an earlier call, there’s a chance, there’s a chance Miss Obishon survived,” he said.
“A chance for a mother not to bury her daughter and a chance for a seven-year-old girl to continue to feel her mother’s warning hug. It is clear that more than one life was destroyed that day. “
Among the statements about the victim’s impact read in court during Grumbo’s last appearance in March was one written by Obishon’s seven-year-old daughter.
The girl described how much she misses her mother and how difficult it is to find Mother’s Day, when all the other children at school make cards for their mothers.
The girl also painted her last famous memory of her mother – lying in a coffin in a grave.
The motive for the knife stabbing remains unclear, although there was a suspicion in court that he had a debt. Grumbo was also high at the time.
Grumbo’s total sentence is seven years, as she also received six months for a dangerous driving accident a month before Obishon’s death.
Grumbo was behind the wheel of a car moving out of control on the west flat back alley and crashed into a car parked in front of Prince Albert’s day care. A woman standing near the parked car was knocked to the ground and later taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
To this day, she continues to deal with mobility issues.
Family decision and reaction
The crown demanded eight years, while the defense demanded six.
When explaining the reason for his final conviction, Judge Barday said he had taken into account Grumbo’s guilty plea and remorse; her lack of a criminal record; as well as Grumbo’s personal history, which includes physical violence while in foster care and exposure to drugs and alcohol at her home.
“She was never given a big chance,” he said.
In front of the courthouse, Kayla’s mother, Sue Obishon, spoke paNOW she does not think the sentence is long enough. She also expressed her thoughts about the people who passed by her daughter without stopping to help.
“I think they should also be accused of just leaving her like that. “Something needs to be done about this,” she said.
Representatives of Grumbo’s family were also in court for Wednesday’s hearing.
Her mother, who was present at her daughter’s every appearance in court, choked on tears as she recounted paNOW she thought the sentence was appropriate.
“It’s a fair sentence, but we need her home,” Grumbo’s sister, Jessica Fiedler, said. “This is the stone of our family, because it holds us together and without it it is not the same. It really isn’t. ”
In addition to his prison sentence (1,622 days left), Grumbie could not own or own firearms or explosives for the rest of his life. She also has to pay $ 700 as restitution to the day care worker whose car was damaged.
–
nigel.maxwell@pattisonmedia.com
On Twitter: @nigelmaxwell
Add Comment