One-punch victim's family addresses killer as he awaits sentencing in B.C.

Crown prosecutors saya man who killed another man half his age with aroundhouse sucker punch over a parking lot spat outside aBurnaby, B.C., Starbucksshould be jailed for at least two years, a proposed punishment the victim's familylaments as "nothing" compared to itsoverwhelminggrief.

Lawrence Sharpe, 42, was convicted of manslaughter in March for punchingMichael Page-Vincelli in the head inside the coffee shop at Kensington Square on July 12, 2017. Court heard Sharpe confronted Page-Vincelli because he'd been arguing outside with Sharpe's girlfriend.

Court heard Page-Vincelli, 22, was likely knocked out instantly. He fell and hit his head on the floor hard enough to cause a fracture tohis skull and bleeding around his brain. He was declared brain dead the following day and died on July 15, 2017.

A sentencing hearing for Sharpein B.C. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard the Crown and defence make their recommendations for a sentence: no more than three years behind bars.

Page-Vincelli's parents cried through the hearing and after it was adjourned until Friday.

"This guy, he [mayget]two years then he gets to go out and live his life. What does my son get? I get no more Christmases. No more Mother's Day. No more birthdays. Nothing," said Page-Vincelli's mother, Steffany Page, speaking to reporters and holdingher son's framed childhood photos outside court.

"He was my baby and I don't have him anymore."

Court heard Sharpe sought outPage-Vincellibecause he'd been arguing with Sharpe's girlfriend in the parking lot outside the coffee shop, while she was waiting for Sharpe to finish up at a nearby bank.

"There was swearing, name-calling and cigarette-flicking," Crownprosecutor Colleen Smith said Tuesday.

Page-Vincelli eventually walked away from the argument and went into the Starbucks. Smith said Sharpe's girlfriend, Oldouz Pournouruz,went to gether boyfriendand led him to the coffee shop, where she pointedout Page-Vincelli.

Securityvideo shows Page-Vincelliwalking toward the door, snacking on a bag of chips, when Sharpe walks toward him

Surveillance video shows deadly one-punch attack in B.C. Starbucks

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Surveillance video from a Starbucks in Burnaby, B.C., shows the deadly one-punch attack that killed 22-year-old Michael Page-Vincelli on July 12, 2017.

The punch is over within a second and the 22-year-old is knocked out of the frame.

"There was no warning, no invitation to fight, no words exchanged," Smith said.

Smith said the coupleturned and left, leaving Page-Vincelli on the floor.

Sharpe's girlfriend, Oldouz Pournouruz, 35, was also charged with manslaughter in relation to Page-Vincelli's death. She was acquitted in March.

'I catch myself smelling his clothes'

Steffany Page remembers kneelingat her son's bedsideat Royal Columbian Hospital after the attack, knowing he wasn't going to wake up but wishing for anything else,when she saw asmall, superficial scuffon his hand.

"I did the motherly thing:I put a Band-Aid on it to make it better," Page told the court on Tuesday as part of her victim impact statement.

"I have a constant pain that's with me all the time," she continued, between gasping sobs. "I still catch myself smelling his clothes."

Steffany Page talks to reporters about the impact of her son's death

Mother of sucker punch victim says she won't accept attacker's apology

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Steffany Page, whose son Michael Page-Vincelli was killed following a one-punch attack, says the attacker's apology is too late and that he had multiple opportunities to be accountable.

Sharpe, wearing a dark suit and tie with black hair pulled back into a bun, stared at the carpet and hardly movedas Page read statements for herself and Page-Vincelli's father.

Sharpe only leaned forward andput his face in his hands when Page addressed him directly, furious andrefusing to look at him.

"A real man would've walked away," Page said.

Sharpe, now 42, told the court he was "sorry for every square inch of pain this has caused," though he spoke mostly about the effects the crime has had on his own life and relationships.

Page-Vincelli's family scoffed at Sharpe'sstatement and cried.

The sentencing hearing has been adjourned until Friday afternoon.