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Crown to appeal Suarez Noa verdict

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The crown is appealing a controversial manslaughter verdict in the case of a Stoney Creek man who stabbed his girlfriend 11 times in the chest.

Haiden Suarez Noa had admitted to stabbing Tania Cowell, his girlfriend and mother of his child, but said he didn’t intend to kill her.

38-year old Suarez Noa testified he snapped during a fight with Cowell when she threatened to keep their son from him. Suarez-Noa used this as a defence and was found guilty of manslaughter, but not guilty of second-degree murder.

The case drew outrage from women’s rights advocates, who want to abolish the defense of provocation.