Andrei Donet was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the 2021 killing of Montreal teen Jannai Dopwell-Bailey.
The 21-year-old Donet will be eligible for parole in 13 years.
Dopwell-Bailey, was 16 when he was attacked and stabbed repeatedly outside his school in Côte-des-Neiges on October 18, 2021. He rushed into the school to seek help and later died in hospital.
Donet was found guilty of second-degree murder May 19 for his role in the attack. That day, the jury had recommended Donet not be eligible for parole for 12 years. The defence had asked that he serve the minimum of 10 years, while the prosecution asked for 15 years.
Quebec Superior Court Justice Annie Émond said during her sentencing that Donet had two factors working against him, including the severity of the crime and his behaviour after the attack – referring to a video about the crime that was posted to social media
During his detention amid waiting for his trial, Donet was charged for a violent assault on a fellow inmate
The judge added eight years for the second offence, saying it will be served concurrently with the murder sentence.
In 2023, a minor — the other person charged in the killing — was also found guilty of second-degree murder in Dopwell-Bailey’s death. The young man cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as he was a minor at the time of the murder.