Calgarian guilty of murder in 'swift, brutal and purposeful' attack on Nigerian nursing student
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The Calgary man who killed a Nigerian nursing student in a random, unprovoked knife attack on a CTrain platform has been convicted of second-degree murder.
Keeton Gagnon, 43, was found guilty Thursday in what Court of Queen's Bench Justice Michele Hollins described as the "swift, brutal and purposeful" murder of Nicholas Nwonye.
On June 2, 2017, Nwonye had finished his nursing classes at Bow Valley College and was waiting for the CTrain on the City Hall platform when Gagnon tapped him on the shoulder.
When Nwonye turned, Gagnon stabbed him three times, once through the heart.
Gagnon then walked away, crossed the street and boarded a train, where he was ultimately arrested.
The only issue at trial was whether Gagnon was guilty of manslaughter or murder.
Hollins ruled what Gagnon did to Nwonye "was not an accident."
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