Family of Hodan Hashi shocked after case stayed for woman accused of manslaughter – Saskatoon | 24CA News
The household of Hodan Hashi was shocked after it was introduced Tuesday by the Crown prosecutor’s workplace that the girl charged together with her manslaughter wouldn’t be going to trial.
Paige Theriault-Fisher, 22, was charged with manslaughter in relation to the dying of 23-year-old Hodan Hashi after a bodily altercation at Saskatoon’s Lit Nightclub on Nov. 5, 2022.
She was launched on a $5,000 bail.
On Tuesday, a keep of proceedings within the case was introduced by the Crown prosecutor’s workplace, stopping it from going to trial right now.
“I feel sad, angry, and outraged,” Hashi’s sister, Fartun Hashi, tweeted after she heard the news. “My family and I just got the news from the regional Crown prosecutor (Val Adamko) that she has decided to drop the manslaughter charges against Paige. My sister will not be receiving any justice. What if the roles were reversed? #JusticeforHodanHashi.”
A video of a bodily altercation between the 2 girls, and ultimately Hashi’s dying, was recorded by a bystander on the nightclub and posted to social media.
The Crown decided Hodan’s dying to be unintentional and never a results of the combat with Theriault-Fisher.
“Not one charge,” Fartun tweeted. “She is walking away a free woman while my sister is buried six feet. Not a murder charge, not a manslaughter charge, not even an aggravated assault charge, not one thing. This is the value of black life in Canada.”
Throughout her case, Theriault-Fisher claimed that her actions have been in self-defence.
“This is the toughest thing I have gone through in my life and will be the toughest thing,” Theriault-Fisher stated at a media convention on Wednesday. “Day by day, there is a lot of healing that needs to be done now.”
She stated she hadn’t spoken about that evening to anybody but and, via tears, she prolonged her sympathies to the Hashi household for the primary time.
“My heart has been with them since the day that it happened. This was never meant to happen and if I could I would take everything back. I really wish Hodan was with us today.”
Theriault-Fisher stated she couldn’t reveal how she knew Hashi, however she did know her earlier than the tragedy in November.
“I’ve learned what compassion means and having sympathy for others, going through something like this really changes you as a person. I will never be the person I was before this.”
She stated ingesting and going to bars won’t be a part of her life-style transferring ahead.
“What we see is the proper functioning of the criminal justice system in Canada,” Fox stated as she sat beside Theriault-Fisher on the convention.
“The videos circulating on social media do not capture the full essence of the events of that day… I firmly believe that looking at the evidence as a whole, the Crown made a justifiable decision in this matter, and we are grateful for their diligent work in that regard.
After a review of evidence, the Crown declared that Hashi’s death was the result of glass on the floor of the nightclub.
“During the fight, the two women went to the ground and, tragically, Hodan Hashi was cut by a broken glass lying on the floor,” stated Marieka Andrew, consultant for the Ministry of Corrections, Policing, and Public Safety in an electronic mail assertion.
“Based on the evidence, that cut was the fatal injury that caused Ms. Hashi’s death.”
In March, the Hashi household filed a million-dollar lawsuit towards Theriault-Fisher, CYFJ Holdings Inc., Cactus Restaurant and Lounge, and Lit Nightclub. The allegations within the declare haven’t been confirmed in court docket.
They are additionally submitting for $100,000 from Kalep Cote-Senger, who recorded the assault and dying of Hashi and uploaded the video to social media.
The claims are meant to cowl the prices of medical and funeral bills, grief counselling, previous and future lack of earnings and additional out-of-pocket bills.
Nicholas Stooshinoff, lawyer for the Hashi household within the civil go well with, stated the keep of proceedings gives a drawback as plaintiffs.
“If there had been a prosecution and there had been a conviction, then the defendant Paige Theriault-Fisher would not have had a defence to the civil lawsuit.”
Now that she has been cleared of her prices, Theriault-Fisher has the fitting to file a defence towards the go well with with the courts.
“The family is quite disappointed,” stated Stooshinoff. “They are having to go through a prolonged period of loss and grief, and this just makes it more difficult for them.”
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