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Teens in death pact get jail time
By Dean Pritchard, QMI Agency

WINNIPEG - Two teens who plotted a shooting rampage at Fort Richmond Collegiate and other schools have been sentenced to two years in prison and three years supervised probation.

The sentence was previosly jointly recommended by the Crown and defence.

Prior to the opening of court the two accused joked quietly in the prisoners box and smiled at family members sitting in the court gallery.

The probation order prohibits the two teens from communicating with each other for the duration of the order.

The 17-year-old boy and 18-year-old woman previously pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit murder and agreed to be sentenced as adults.

However, a publication ban still prevents anyone from publishing their names.

Court heard the teens plotted a shooting rampage at Fort Richmond Collegiate, Lorette Collegiate, the University of Manitoba and the Church of the Rock.

But police were tipped off that the male accused had a cache of firearms and was "mentally unstable," which led them to prevent any of the crimes from taking place.

Both suspects reportedly had "psychological issues" and the male accused suffers from Asperger's syndrome, a disorder associated with autism.

The pair stole firearms and ammunition and planned to march into Fort Richmond Collegiate armed with weapons, and order staff and students into a large theatre room. The pair planned to lock the doors, shoot anyone who tried to escape, and then toss the cocktails into the crowd before escaping through a trap door to the basement.

The pair planned to flee the school in a Hummer stolen from the boy's father, shooting at people as they went.

According to the female accused, the pair would then drive to the University of Manitoba where "they would continue shooting people until they got tired and then they would kill themselves or let the police kill them."

The male accused told police their second target was Church of the Rock, where they intended to "randomly shoot people until the police killed them."









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