Winnipeg man accused of killing 3-year-old boy wanted to hurt mother in the cruellest way, court told
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A Winnipeg man accused of repeatedly stabbing a three-year-old boy to death was driven by anger toward the boy's mother, a jury trial heard. Daniel Jensen is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Hunter Straight-Smith in Winnipeg in 2019. "At its core, we say this is a case about domestic violence," Crown attorney Courtney St. Croix said in her opening statement. "A case of a man who had so much rage toward his domestic partner, he made a decision to hurt her in the cruellest … way." The toddler was stabbed multiple times while sleeping in his Pritchard Avenue home on Oct. 30, 2019, the court heard. He was rushed to hospital and taken off life-support three days later. Jensen was initially charged with several offences, including attempted murder, but that charge was upgraded after the boy died.
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