Five youth plead guilty in 2024 swarming of girl in Kelowna, B.C.

KELOWNA — Prosecutors say five youth involved in a violent swarming of a girl in Kelowna, B.C., last year have entered guilty pleas.
Damienne Darby, a spokeswoman for the BC Prosecution Service, says one young person pleaded guilty to one count of assault in January and was handed a sentence of two years’ probation in April.
Darby says four other young people have since entered guilty pleas to the same charge, with court appearances scheduled in June and July.
The offenders cannot be