B.C. man who stabbed, killed girlfriend gets lighter sentence partly due to race

Everton Javaun Downey was sentenced after admitting to killing Melissa Blimkie by stabbing her 15 times in a stairwell at the Metrotown Shopping Centre in 2021.


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