{"id":15440,"date":"2025-02-07T20:14:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/paramedic-who-took-homeless-toronto-man-to-hospital-testifies-at-teens-murder-trial-toronto\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T20:14:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T20:14:58","slug":"paramedic-who-took-homeless-toronto-man-to-hospital-testifies-at-teens-murder-trial-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/07\/paramedic-who-took-homeless-toronto-man-to-hospital-testifies-at-teens-murder-trial-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramedic who took homeless Toronto man to hospital testifies at teens\u2019 murder trial &#8211; Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A paramedic who took a homeless man to hospital after an alleged group attack in downtown Toronto says she didn\u2019t immediately realize he had been stabbed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Ellis testified today at the trial of two teen girls who have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the death of Kenneth Lee.<\/p>\n<p>Ellis said Lee looked like he had been hit in the face when she and her partner pulled up to a parkette just after midnight on Dec. 18, 2022, but that the 59-year-old was alert and communicating well.<\/p>\n<p>She said they checked Lee\u2019s back for injuries before trying to get him on a stretcher and didn\u2019t see any injuries there.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The paramedic said Lee told them he needed to have a bowel movement and stepped away to do that, but he collapsed moments later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She said her partner was able to assess him better inside the ambulance and noticed two penetrating injuries they assumed were stab wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Lee showed a \u201cdecreased level of awareness\u201d in the time it took to get him to St. Michael\u2019s Hospital, she said.<\/p>\n<p>The trial has heard Lee died on the operating table after he was beaten and stabbed.<\/p>\n<p>Eight girls between the ages of 13 and 16 were arrested in the hours that followed his death.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Crime<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The girls currently on trial were 14 and 16 at the time, and prosecutors allege the youngest was the one to deliver the fatal blow.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown has not yet specified at what point in the incident they allege Lee was stabbed or with what, but allege the younger<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>girl can be seen holding a sharp object at some point.<\/p>\n<p>Court has watched surveillance video that shows a group violently swarm Lee almost immediately after encountering him in the parkette. Some in the group appear to kick and punch him, and swing a traffic cone at him.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the eight girls arrested pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter and one to assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>A jury trial is scheduled in May for two other girls who are charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11009364\/kenneth-lee-trial-paramedic-testifies\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size A paramedic who took a homeless man to hospital after an alleged group attack in downtown Toronto says she didn\u2019t immediately realize he had been stabbed. 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