Winnipeg Man Convicted in Slaying of Sleeping Toddler Loses Appeal

A person weeps as Hunter Smith-Straight's family gathers after a court case for the child’s murderer outside the law courts in Winnipeg, on Oct. 1, 2021. The Canadian Press/John Woods

A Winnipeg man found guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of a sleeping toddler has lost his bid to have the conviction overturned.

Daniel Jensen was sentenced to life in prison in 2021 after a jury found him guilty of killing three-year-old Hunter Smith-Straight, his former girlfriend’s son.