Anger, not fear, led a Calgary man to fatally stab a roommate, a judge says

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The fatal stabbing of a man described as “his only friend” was not an act of self-defense, a judge ruled Monday as he found a Calgary man guilty of murder.

Judge Nancy Dilts also rejected arguments that Eddy Nakasenh-Bandasak was provoked to repeatedly stab Ismail (Izzy) Charanek outside their southeast apartment complex in the early morning hours of September 22, 2020.

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Charanek had an argument with Williams minutes earlier after chasing her out of the suite while she was wearing only a T-shirt, shorts and socks, and being locked out of their apartment.

“Given what Mr. Charanek was wearing, it was not reasonable to believe he was armed with a knife,” Dilts said.

She noted that Nakasenh-Bandasak was aware that Charanek wanted him out of the apartment and told police he felt the deceased and Williams had taken advantage of his generosity by calling them “leeches.”

“He believed they had mistreated him,” Dilts said.

“I notice that Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak was at his breaking point at the time of acting,” she said.

“Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak had had enough…feelings of betrayal, anger and resentment erupted.”

Instead of protecting himself from a deadly threat, the suspect stabbed his roommate because of those feelings, she said.

“At the time he stabbed Mr. Charanek, Mr. Nakasenh-Bandasak was motivated by betrayal, resentment and anger.”

As for the provocation, which would have reduced the charge of first-degree murder to manslaughter, Dilts said Nakasenh-Bandasak’s arguments also failed.

She said that while the killer was “unexpectedly” confronted by Charanek outside their apartment complex, by the time he had repeatedly stabbed the victim nine times, severing both of his jugular veins and nearly severing his carotid artery, he did not act out of sudden passion.

The sentencing date for Nakasenh-Bandasak, who remains in custody, is set for May 17.

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