Man who murdered girlfriend gets reduced sentence partly due to his race

A man who stabbed his girlfriend to death at a shopping centre in British Columbia received a lighter sentence partly because of his race.

Everton Javaun Downey, 35, stabbed his girlfriend, Melissa Blimkie, 15 times in a stairwell at the Metrotown Shopping Centre in Burnaby on Dec. 19, 2021. Downey fled the scene with the murder weapon before later turning himself in to police.

Downey was convicted of second-degree murder and was sentenced last month to life in prison. The Crown...