
Jury finds Daniel Jensen guilty of murder in stabbing of 3-year-old Hunter Straight-Smith
CBC
Family members of a three-year-old boy who was stabbed while he slept in his bed hugged and cried outside a Winnipeg courtroom Wednesday night after his accused killer was found guilty.
A jury deliberated for about seven hours before convicting Daniel Jensen of first-degree murder in the death of his former girlfriend's son, Hunter Smith-Straight, in 2019.
Jensen, 34, automatically gets a life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years.
As the jury members delivered their unanimous verdict, several members of the child's family wiped tears from their eyes. One also hugged a Crown prosecutor as they left the court.
The trial heard that Hunter was stabbed six times in the head and neck.
A relative found him injured in his bed. He was later taken off life support in hospital.
Prosecutors had argued that Jensen attacked Hunter as a way to get back at the boy's mother after they got into a violent argument.