Two Hamilton paramedics who failed to provide the appropriate care for 19-year-old Yosif Al-Hasnawi after he had been shot will serve an 18-month sentence that will include no time behind bars.
Christopher Marchant and Steven Snively were convicted last year of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their treatment of Al-Hasnawi back in 2017.
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The Hamilton teen suffered a gunshot wound on Dec. 2, 2017, after he tried to help a stranger who was being accosted by two men outside a downtown mosque.
There was a 38-minute delay between Marchant and Snively’s arrival on scene and when the teen was brought to hospital via ambulance. He died a short time later.
Witnesses said the paramedics had assessed Al-Hasnawi’s wound and kept reassuring bystanders that the teen had only been shot by a pellet gun. The witnesses said paramedics claimed the teen was faking his injuries and believed he could stand up on his own.
Both Snively and Marchant were fired from their jobs by the City of Hamilton in 2018.
On Tuesday, an Ontario judge sentenced the men to 18 months to be served in the community. They will be under house arrest for the first six months and then will have a curfew for the rest of their sentence. The men will also serve 150 hours of community service.
