"Police have charged a 14-year-old girl with first-degree murder and issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a man in the beating death of a 61-year-old homeless man in Toronto's east end just over a week ago.
Benson George Smith was severely beaten Sept. 12 at Pine Hill Cemetery at the corner of St. Clair Avenue East and Kennedy Road.
Police said the girl and Smith were involved in a dispute near the cemetery. The girl followed the man to the cemetery, where another man joined her, police said.
The man assaulted Smith, who lost consciousness, police said. The two suspects left the scene.
Smith was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and died on Sept. 18.
The girl, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was arrested early Monday.
Police also issued an arrest warrant for Merhawi Tekle, 26, who is wanted for first-degree murder.
Smith's death is Toronto's 41st homicide of the year." - CBC News
Story is that this homeless man was bothering the young lady, so as a young girl who has an older brother she called on his help. Her brother (Merhawi) got to where she was and allegedly beat up the Smith (homeless man), then left. Smith then died 6 days later. It's been said that Smith also had severely damaged kidneys due to his excessive drinking and was in and out of the hospital. I guess that beating just pushed him over the limit.
I just gets me worked up that all Merhawi was doing was trying to protect his sister. He definitely shouldn't charged for 1st degree murder, thats extreme! Its pretty obvious the city is trying to use him to set an example! I just hope he has a really good defense attorney!
