Two Hamilton (Canada) paramedics have been sentenced to 18 months to be served “in the community” for failing to provide adequate care in the 2017 shooting death of a man, according to the CBC.
Experts have said this case, which is the first time paramedics in Canada were found guilty for someone’s death while working, may change how responders do their job in the future.
Steven Snively and Christopher Marchant cannot leave their homes, except for medical emergencies, during the first six months, a judge ruled. After that, they will have a curfew and will have to complete 150 hours of community service, Ontario Superior Court Justice Harrison Arrell ruled.
Snively, 55, and Marchant, 32, were found guilty in June in connection to Yosif Al-Hasnawi’s death. Al-Hasnawi, 19, was shot outside of an Islamic Center while trying to intervene as two people attacked an older man.
Al-Hasnawi died of a single gunshot wound from a handgun. Judge Arrell ruled Snively and Marchant “listened to rumors and innuendos” about the wound being superficial. The two testified they thought Al-Hasnawi was shot by a BB or pellet gun.