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THUNDER BAY - A 22-year-old man who admitted to his role in a 2020 robbery that resulted in the death of 18-year-old Austin Robinson had been sentenced to six years.
When officers with the Thunder Bay Police Service arrived at approximately 3 a.m., Robinson was observed being held up by his mother and his face covered in blood. The youth was located a short time later on Syndicate Avenue and was arrested. A second baseball bat was found nearby in a snowbank. The three agreed to the plan and attended his residence just before 3 a.m. on Jan. 9, 2020. Echum was armed with a hammer and the youth had a baseball bat. The third individual did not bring any weapons, but took a bat that was near the front door of the residence.
The sentence of six years was part of a joint submission presented by the Crown and defense counsel David Pierce. “There will forever be a hole in my chest and my life will never be the same after this,” she said. “He was still just a child. He wasn’t perfect, but he was learning and he was growing. He was just a baby and just trying to figure out who he was and where his place was, and we will never know that now because of you.”
“He has made very clear that he is here to take responsibility and not looking for the court’s sympathy for his difficult background,” Pierce said. “He wants to take responsibility for his role here and he understands further custody is necessary based on the facts and his pleas of guilt.” Echum’s upbringing, his issues with substance abuse, and his plea of guilt were mitigating factors cited by Justice Fitzpatrick, but he also noted significant aggravating factors, including the impact on Robinson’s family.
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