Sentencing begins for Winnipeg man who admitted to fatally stabbing daughter
Posted September 29, 2022 1:57 pm.
The family of a three-year-old who was fatally stabbed by her father is asking a Winnipeg judge to apply the longest possible sentence for the man.
A sentencing hearing started this morning for a Frank Nausigimana, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the death of his daughter, Jemimah Bunadalian.
The toddler’s mother says in a victim impact statement that the events from last summer have changed her life forever.
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Court has heard the toddler was found with two stab wounds while buckled in her car seat inside her mother’s vehicle.
It also heard Nausigimana had a knife and forced himself into the mother’s car, but she was able to escape.
The Crown is requesting he serve 19 years before being eligible for parole, as well as a no-contact order with the mother and her family, while the defence wants a 17-year sentence.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 29, 2022.
