Lawyers Argue Over Jail Time for St. Cyr

Brock Smith with files from Gord McDougall
Friday, January 27, 2012

A man convicted in taking part in a 2009 Lowertown beating death will find out Apr. 12 how much time he'll spend behind bars.

Carl St. Cyr's lawyer argued at a sentencing hearing that his client did not start the attack, although he did join in.

Defence lawyer Matthew Weber argued while St. Cyr had a problem with victim Dominic Doyon, it was allegedly his friend, Toby Little Otter Land, who delivered the fatal blows.

Land, whose trial is still to come, is alleged to have begun an attack on Doyon with a hammer, and that St. Cyr entered the room and joined in, by hitting Doyon with one crutch, and when it broke, another.

The two men were angry that 33-year-old Doyon was sleeping with a 14-year-old girl, which fueled the attack in Doyon's Murray St. apartment on May 4, 2009.

Weber is hoping his client will get a six to seven year sentence, which with time served and probation, would still keep St. Cry out of federal prison.

The Crown is asking for 10 to 12 years.