Girls filmed attack, court hears

Teens made videos 'memorializing' bloody incident

- JENNIFER PAGLIARO

The girls who swarmed Kenneth Lee in a downtown parkette filmed the bloodied, disoriented man on their phones during the attack, a courtroom heard Monday.

This was hours after the group had begun sharing bottles of Crown Royale, Sour Puss and Bacardi, as well as five marijuana blunts, one of the girls testified.

The details are the latest to emerge about the night a year and a half ago when Lee was fatally attacked by a group of teenagers downtown, further filling in a grim picture of the 59-year-old man's final moments, in a case that has gripped the city.

They were made public for the first time Monday, during a hearing at which the girl became the third teenager to plead guilty in the high-profile case.

Originally charged with second-degree murder, the girl pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in front of Ontario Court Justice David Rose.

Eight girls, ages 13 to 16, were initially all charged with second-degree murder for the incident that took place on the night of Dec. 18, 2022. Since then, two have been committed to stand trial in front of a jury for second-degree murder and one for a charge of manslaughter. Two others had pleaded guilty before Monday, one to manslaughter and one to assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. Their sentencing hearings will take place later this year.