Prosecution seeks up to nine years for teen's killer in unprovoked Copperfield attack
Crown argues lack of explanation for deadly stabbing casts doubt on claimed remorse in case that drew attention to youth violence in Calgary.
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The unprovoked and unexplained deadly attack on a Calgary teen should land the older of his two killers a sentence of up to nine years, a prosecutor argued Thursday in Court of King's Bench.
Crown lawyer Vicki Faulkner said the lack of an explanation by the offender for the attack on Danillo Canales Glenn—who was shooting baskets with friends—casts doubt on his claimed remorse. "The offender expresses remorse… but provides zero insight into why the offence occurred," Faulkner told Justice Allison Kuntz.
The now-20-year-old offender pleaded guilty last October to a reduced charge of manslaughter in connection with the deadly September 5, 2023, attack in the southeast community of Copperfield. Because his younger brother was a minor, neither can be identified under Youth Criminal Justice Act provisions.
According to agreed facts, Canales Glenn, 18, was shooting baskets on the outdoor rink pad when he noticed the two brothers on the outside of the boards looking at them. After Canales Glenn asked "what are you looking at?" the accused and his brother jumped over the boards and headed toward the victim. The older brother deployed bear spray into the victim's face before his sibling repeatedly stabbed him. One witness heard Canales Glenn plead "bro, stop." His friends Tanner De Groot and Caden Langdon attempted to de-escalate but fled when the attack escalated, returning moments later to find their friend bleeding. Faulkner is seeking a seven- to nine-year sentence, arguing the two-on-one attack falls at the highest range for manslaughter cases.