Overview
- Dante Ognibene-Hebbourn, 24, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, less time served, for the 2022 killing of security guard Harmandeep Kaur at UBC Okanagan.
- The attack, described as random and senseless, involved three brutal beatings over a 10-minute span while Ognibene-Hebbourn was in a drug-induced psychosis.
- The court accepted a guilty plea to manslaughter, citing psychiatric evidence that impaired intent prevented a second-degree murder conviction.
- Kaur’s family, who traveled from Canada and India, expressed deep disappointment with the sentence, calling it inadequate and insufficient for justice.
- The judge highlighted concerns about Ognibene-Hebbourn’s mental health, history of substance use, and potential risk of reoffending without proper treatment.