Teens planned 'brutal, vicious' attack prior to death of Winnipeg man in Assiniboine Park: Crown
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New details have emerged after a Winnipeg man was found dead in his car in Assiniboine Park – a man who died following what Crown attorneys say was a torturous, vicious and brutal attack, allegedly planned by two rural Manitoba teenagers.
New details have emerged after a Winnipeg man was found dead in his car in Assiniboine Park – a man who died following what Crown attorneys say was a torturous, vicious and brutal attack, allegedly planned by two rural Manitoba teenagers.
Paul Enns, 43, was found in an Assiniboine Park parking lot in the early morning hours of Feb. 26, 2022.
A 15-year-old girl from Stonewall and a 17-year-old boy from Warren have been charged with robbery and second-degree murder. They cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The charges against them have not been proven in court.
During the girl's bail hearing on Monday, Crown attorney John Ham alleged the two teens had been planning the attack.
He said the girl had created a social media account and presented herself as a 15-year-old girl. In the hours leading up to Enns' death, Ham said she communicated with him 106 times by call or text, arranging to meet and requesting money, drugs and jewelry in exchange for sex.
Ham said sometime between 11:30 p.m. and midnight on Feb. 25, Enns was lured to the park.
"Once he arrived in the parking lot, Paul Enns was initially attacked by (the girl), with (the boy) joining in the attack with a baseball bat," Ham said, adding Enns was stabbed in his torso and legs, and was hit repeatedly with a bat.
