Alberta teen gets two years for brutal attack on youth worker, 63
EDMONTON — A teen boy who helped savagely beat a 63-year-old youth home worker has been sentenced to two years for aggravated assault.
The youth, who is 16, had been found not guilty of attempted murder last month but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge for the Feb. 4, 2017, attack on Heather Vanderzee at Elk Island Child and Youth Ranch.
Many of the bones in Vanderzee’s face were shattered and she suffered cuts to her cheek and neck.
She is living with permanent brain injuries and has undergone numerous surgeries, including 92 titanium screws to keep her facial bones in place, and has more surgeries to come.