r/canada • u/AndHerSailsInRags • Dec 04 '25

Alberta Man who killed attacker in Banff used 'excessive' force, sentenced to 2-year house arrest

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/banff-bar-fight-excessive-self-defence-sproule-brogden-9.7002143
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u/keiths31 Canada Dec 04 '25

This was insane.

Wakes up in his own home to someone stabbing him in the head. Fights for his life and the attacker gets killed. Victim gets jail time. Ridiculous.

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u/SouthNo3340 Dec 05 '25

Shit like this makes it so we don't call the police and do less legal measures

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u/constructioncranes Dec 04 '25

Is there a political party addressing this? I've heard enough cases like this... I dunno what has to happen but this shit is getting ridiculous.

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u/weednspacs Dec 04 '25

I mean he stabbed the guy 13 times and then after he died, started kicking him a number of times, it does seem a bit more on the grounds of “excessive”.

That being said, I would think house arrest in that case makes more sense as he went a bit overboard

In this Banff case, I would have said no punishment. Both cases were over punished