Judge says 18 years for man in drunken stabbing death 'far too high,' gives him 7½ years | CBC News LoadedA judge has sentenced a northern Manitoba man to 7½ years in prison for killing a man while drunk after a house party, dismissing the Crown's request for 18 years as "far too high.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Chubb left home the morning of Aug. 20, 2022, to get cigarettes at the store. He first walked to the nearby house of Tommy Okemow, where there had been a party the night before. Chubb went home after the store, told his brother, Darwin, about the strong brew he drank, then returned to Okemow's house to ask for more. Munroe, who had stayed through the night and was still drinking, refused to give him more and Chubb went back home.
Innes gave Chubb 1½ days credit for each of the 632 days he was in pre-sentence custody, which means he has about five years remaining in his sentence. He had an unstable upbringing and was exposed to extreme alcohol abuse by his parents and other community members. The impacts of colonialism include intergenerational trauma and a lack of cultural connection, Innes's judgment says.After being released in 2016 from a four-year prison sentence for arson, he was putting his life on the right track, but it derailed when his mother passed away and his daughter died from suicide, the decision says.