Teens charged in stabbing death of boy near Scarborough Town Centre appear in court

Toronto: Two teenage boys charged in the stabbing death of 15-year-old Kareem Deerr at Scarborough Centre bus station on Sept. 23 made their first appearances in court on Friday morning.
Deerr was stabbed last Friday night during an altercation between two groups of people inside the Scarborough Centre bus station. He was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later.
A 14-year-old boy who cannot be identified was arrested and charged with manslaughter on Thursday, along with 18-year-old suspect Desmond Williams, who was charged with second-degree murder.

Standing before a judge with his bottom lip quivering, the baby-faced 14-year-old boy was handcuffed at the end of his brief appearance Friday, where his lawyer asked for bail, according to a CTV Toronto reporter in the courtroom.
Before the young teen was led out of court, he looked back at three women in the courtroom with tears flowing down his face. He is scheduled to appear again on Monday morning to continue an application for bail.
His lawyer, Christopher Hicks, said his client and his family are under a lot of strain at the moment.
He said he feels his client has a very good chance at securing bail because “factors are very much in his favour.”
“There’s very little information about the offence itself or anybody else who was involved in this,” Hicks said, adding he knew nothing about the circumstances of his client’s arrest or any specifics about the Crown’s allegations against him.
He said he was called to represent his client on Thursday shortly after he was taken into custody.
Williams appeared before the judge shortly after his co-accused. The suspect looked down through much of the brief appearance.
Both suspects were ordered not to contact each other, along with a female and her family.
Williams is scheduled to appear in court next on Oct. 14 at 9 a.m. via video link.
Deerr’s friends and family held a sombre vigil at the spot where he was stabbed one day after the incident. His mother described him as a nice boy who was sometimes disobedient just like any teenager.
She told CTV Toronto she wants justice for her son and could not understand why someone would want to kill him.