My colleague Keith Fraser covered the first day Thursday of the sentencing hearing of the young man who tried to kill a Hells Angel at Vancouver Airport in 2015.
The Crown is seeking a 12-year sentence for Knowah Ferguson, for the failed attempt on the life of Damion Ryan in the food court.
Interesting new information that came out at the hearing was that Ferguson was working for the United Nations gang, though the name of the person who hired him has not been determined. At the airport near Ryan during the attempt was Thomas Duong, who was convicted earlier this year for attempting to kill Matin Pouyan.
Duong had apparently lured Ryan to the scene.
I am at the Ferguson sentencing hearing today, though the judge is expected to reserve her decision until a later date.
Ferguson’s lawyer Jonathan Desbarats is asking for a seven-year sentence for his client, who he said was just “17 when he embarked upon this path.”
More to come….