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Teen girl may have meant to hurt Kenneth Lee but didn’t intend to kill him: defence - Toronto | Globalnews.ca

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A 14-year-old girl is accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man during a violent swarming in downtown Toronto .

She is one of eight teens charged with second -degree murder in the hours after the man's death.

Prosecutors have alleged the girl stabbed Lee with a knife or small scissors during the attack at a parkette.

Defence lawyer Boris Bytensky argued the girl wasn't the one who delivered the deadly blow and had no more of an intent to kill.

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