A hearing is set to begin this week to determine if the teen accused in the fatal 2013 Tsawwassen First Nation stabbing should be held criminally responsible.
The boy, who was 17 at the time and cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the attack that left one teen dead and another critically injured.
A Supreme Court hearing this week will determine whether or not the accused should be deemed not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
Police were called to a residence on Tsawwassen Drive at around 10 p.m. Feb. 15, 2013. Upon arrival, officers discovered two teenaged girls suffered from stab wounds lying on the ground.
Both were treated at the scene before being airlifted to hospital. The 16-year-old victim succumbed to her injuries while the 15-year-old was left in critical condition.
The boy was taken into custody later the next morning.
The accused and the victims were known to each other.
