Shamattawa First Nation: Charles Beardy

Charles Beardy: A young man who fatally stabbed a violent party guest on a northern Manitoba reserve has been handed a six-month jail sentence. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. A young offenders manslaughter case surrounding the death of Charles Beardy in Shamattawa exposed problems when different social systems like justice, education and child welfare interact and Conditions on Shamattawa First Nation were taken into account when a 19-year-old man was sentenced to six months additional custody for a killing he committed as a youth. Photo Store In a case that shines a grim light on social issues that plague the remote northern community of Shamattawa, provincial court Judge Murray Thompson ruled against a request from provincial prosecutors to keep the offender in jail for a longer period. Teen fell through cracks in Manitoba's CFS system: judge (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.